Jeannie Pezone, administrator at West Park Surgery Center in Pinellas Park, Fla., explains the process the surgery center uses to ensure medication reconciliation is achieved according to standards ...

ASC Durango (Colo.) recently underwent its first AAAHC survey and achieved accreditation. During the survey, it was brought to the attention of Cheryl Desko, RN, clinical director for the ASC, that ...

Purpose: The effectiveness of a multidisciplinary medication reconciliation process was studied in an inpatient family medicine unit of an academic hospital center. Methods: In phase 1 of this ...

Electronic health records have a big role to play in improving hospitals' medication reconciliation, a new study finds, but challenges related to data quality, technology and workflow remain. [See ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has offered seven guiding principles for healthcare organizations designing a medication reconciliation process. The guiding principles are part of a ...

Pharmacy review, adherence counseling during discharge, and ongoing telephone follow up identify safety concerns, prove cost-effective, researchers find. Hospital-based medication reconciliation ...

The issue that healthcare organizations struggle with now is where to get the resources to develop a med rec team that is dedicated to collecting patient medication histories. Editor’s note: This is ...

The electronic medication reconciliation documentation process developed and implemented at our institution could be adapted and implemented in other facilities. Requirements for successful ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medication reconciliation is challenging during care transitions. Taking the “best possible medication history” ...

Medicare Advantage plans have a clear opportunity to improve quality by delivering more comprehensive, timely medication reconciliation services to recently discharged members. Unplanned hospital ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . With the rise of hospitalists, in an inpatient setting, this process is often handled and overseen by hospital ...