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Medication reconciliation is the process of comparing a patient's medication orders to all of the medications that the patient has been taking. This reconciliation is done to avoid medication errors such as omissions, duplications, dosing errors, or drug interactions.
Medication Reconciliation is the process of reviewing complete medication regimens during a patient's admission, transfer, or discharge, to avoid adverse drug events.
The Ideal medication reconciliation process begins with conducting a thorough patient medication interview and obtaining an accurate list of all current medications from the patient and/or caregiver.
Medication reconciliation is defined by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement as the process of creating the most accurate list possible of all medications a patient is taking—including the drug name, dosage, frequency, and route—and comparing that list against the physician's admission, transfer, and/or discharge orders, with the goal ...
Medication reconciliation is the process of identifying the most accurate list of medications that a patient is and should be taking and using that list to provide correct medications for patients anywhere within the health system. 8 Inpatient medication reconciliation involves several steps: (1) developing an accurate list of each patient's pre...