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Abstract Number: 52
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Medication errors are common, with more than half of patients estimated to have greater than or equal to one unintended medication discrepancy at hospital admission. Medication reconciliation can identify errors. Although there has been significant investigation into the most effective logistical strategies for performing medicine reconciliation within the healthcare system, there is little investigation […]
Abstract Number: 190
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Medication discrepancies, defined as unexplained differences between documented medication regimens, are highly prevalent in the hospital setting and an important contributor to adverse drug events. In the hospital setting, 27% of all prescribing errors occur as a result of inaccurate medication histories at the time of admission. Pharmacist-recorded medication histories have been shown to result […]
Abstract Number: 293
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Medication reconciliation at patient care transition points is a requirement of multiple regulatory bodies in medicine. In 2005 it was rated as the #8 National Patient Safety Goal by the Joint Commission and subsequently as the #3 goal in 2011. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid made medication reconciliation part of its Meaningful Use […]
Abstract Number: 334
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Studies have shown that care transitions represent times of great risk, especially to vulnerable patients; medication reconciliation is a major component of ensuring safe care transitions. Yet, challenges exist to obtaining a best possible home medication list (BPHML) on a provider, patient, and institutional level. Academic hospitals have large pools of in-training providers. Safety […]
Abstract Number: 348
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: High-quality medication reconciliation is key to reducing medication errors during care transitions. This concept is of paramount importance to Veterans living in rural areas due to less access to clinical pharmacy services. We adapted MARQUIS (Multicenter Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study), in which hospitalists mentored teams in implementation of best practices for inpatient medication […]
Abstract Number: 529
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 51 year-old African American male with a history of chronic kidney disease (baseline creatinine of about 1.5), hypertension, diabetes type II and hyperlipidemia, presented to the ER with severe fatigue, swelling, and difficulty urinating. Two weeks prior to admission, his primary care physician had started the patient on Canagliflozin. About a week […]