Safe Medication Reconciliation: An Intervention to Improve Residents' Medication Reconciliation Skills.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medication errors during hospitalization are a major patient safety concern. Medication reconciliation is an effective tool to reduce medication errors, yet internal medicine residents rarely receive formal education on the process.

Objective

We assessed if an educational intervention on quality improvement principles and effective medication reconciliation for internal medicine residents will lead to fewer medication discrepancies and more accurate discharge medication lists.

Methods

From July 2012 to May 2013, internal medicine residents from 3 academic institutions who were rotating at the Washington DC VA Medical Center received twice-monthly interactive educational sessions on medication reconciliation, using both institutional summary metrics and data

SUBMITTER: Arundel C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4597952 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature