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SUBMITTER: Heyworth L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3957401 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Heyworth Leonie L Paquin Allison M AM Clark Justice J Kamenker Victor V Stewart Max M Martin Tracey T Simon Steven R SR
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 20130913 e1
Few ambulatory medication reconciliation tools exist. Transitions between inpatient and outpatient care can result in medication discrepancies. An interdisciplinary team designed a new 'Secure Messaging for Medication Reconciliation Tool' (SMMRT) within a patient web portal and piloted it among 60 patients at a Veterans Affairs hospital, an integrated system with a shared electronic health record. Recently discharged patients used SMMRT to view their medications in a secure email message and rep ...[more]