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Medication Reconciliation Review
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Patient Education and Staff Training Significantly Improves Medication Reconciliation in Outpatient Clinics
Description
The Medication Reconciliation Review tool provides step-by-step instructions for conducting a review of closed patient records to identify errors related to unreconciled medications. Organizations that are considering creating a medication reconciliation process can use this tool to establish a baseline of errors from unreconciled medications and to build a case for the importance of having a reconciliation process in place.
This tool contains:
Overview
Instructions
Data collection form: Errors from unreconciled medications
Free registration is required.
Links to the Tool:
This tool is available at:
http://www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/Tools/MedicationReconciliationReview.aspx
Developer
Mayo Health System
Funding Sources
Mayo Health System
QualityTool Topic
Patient/Medication safety
History
Release Date:
01/2004
Original Summary:
05/2009
Disclaimer:
The inclusion of a tool in the Innovations Exchange does not constitute or imply an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or Westat of the tool or of the submitter or developer of the tool.
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QualityTool
Classification
Patient Care Process:
Medication reconciliation
Medication: ordering, transcription, administration, dispensing
Patient safety
IOM Domains of Quality:
Safety
QualityTool Format:
Workbook/Manual/Guide
QualityTool Topic:
Patient/Medication safety
Developer:
Mayo Health System
Funding Sources:
Mayo Health System
Last updated:
March 28, 2012
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