Impact of a pharmacist-prepared interim residential care medication administration chart on gaps in continuity of medication management after discharge from hospital to residential care: a prospective pre- and post-intervention study (MedGap Study).

ABSTRACT: To test the impact of a hospital pharmacist-prepared interim residential care medication administration chart (IRCMAC) on medication administration errors and use of locum medical services after discharge from hospital to residential care. Prospective pre-intervention and post-intervention study. One major acute care hospital and one subacute aged-care hospital; 128 residential care facilities (RCF) in Victoria, Australia. 428 patients (median age 84 years, IQR 79-88) discharged to a RCF from an inpatient ward over two 12-week periods. Seven-day IRCMAC auto-populated with patient and medication data from the hospitals' pharmacy dispensing software, completed and signed by a hospital pharmacist and sent with the patient to the RCF. Primary end points were the proportion of patients with one

SUBMITTER: Elliott RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3367148 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature