Many patients suffer from multiple diseases and have to use several medications simultaneously. Errors in medication leads to unintended harm to patients every year. One patient safety intervention is medication reconciliation. This is a process where a health care worker in collaboration with the patient ensures that the information regarding current medications are correct.
In this overview of reviews, we have searched for systematic reviews of effect of medication reconciliation. We included nine systematic reviews. The reviews conclude that:
- medication reconciliation probably reduces the number of medication discrepancies.
- review authors point out that there are methodological issues in the primary studies.
There is a need for a high quality systematic review on the effect of medication reconciliation.
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- [Medication reconciliation: an innovative experience in an internal medicine unit to decrease errors due to inacurrate medication histories].[Presse Med. 2012][Medication reconciliation: an innovative experience in an internal medicine unit to decrease errors due to inacurrate medication histories].Pérennes M, Carde A, Nicolas X, Dolz M, Bihannic R, Grimont P, Chapot T, Granier H. Presse Med. 2012 Mar; 41(3 Pt 1):e77-86. Epub 2011 Nov 23.
- Review Interventions to improve medication reconciliation in primary care.[Ann Pharmacother. 2009]Review Interventions to improve medication reconciliation in primary care.Bayoumi I, Howard M, Holbrook AM, Schabort I. Ann Pharmacother. 2009 Oct; 43(10):1667-75. Epub 2009 Sep 8.
- Custom and practice: a multi-center study of medicines reconciliation following admission in four acute hospitals in the UK.[Res Social Adm Pharm. 2014]Custom and practice: a multi-center study of medicines reconciliation following admission in four acute hospitals in the UK.Urban R, Armitage G, Morgan J, Marshall K, Blenkinsopp A, Scally A. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2014 Mar-Apr; 10(2):355-68. Epub 2014 Feb 14.
- Nurse-pharmacist collaboration on medication reconciliation prevents potential harm.[J Hosp Med. 2012]Nurse-pharmacist collaboration on medication reconciliation prevents potential harm.Feldman LS, Costa LL, Feroli ER Jr, Nelson T, Poe SS, Frick KD, Efird LE, Miller RG. J Hosp Med. 2012 May-Jun; 7(5):396-401. Epub 2012 Feb 27.
- Review Preventing medication errors in transitions of care: A patient case approach.[J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2015]Review Preventing medication errors in transitions of care: A patient case approach.Johnson A, Guirguis E, Grace Y. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2015 Mar-Apr; 55(2):e264-74; quiz e275-6.
- Overview of Reviews on Effect of Medical ReconciliationOverview of Reviews on Effect of Medical Reconciliation
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