Author, as appears in the article.: Sarah K Kraus; Sanchita Sen; Michelle M Murphy; Laura Pontiggia
Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
URV's Author/s: Murphy, Michelle
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Abstract: Objectives: To evaluate the impact of a pharmacy-technician centered medication reconciliation (PTMR) program by identifying and quantifying medication discrepancies and outcomes of pharmacist medication reconciliation recommendations.Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed on two-hundred patients admitted to the internal medicine teaching services at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, NJ. Patients were selected using a stratified systematic sample approach and were included if they received a pharmacy technician medication history and a pharmacist medication reconciliation at any point during their hospital admission. Pharmacist identified medication discrepancies were analyzed using descriptive statistics, bivariate analyses. Potential risk factors were identified using multivariate analyses, such as logistic regression and CART. The priority level of significance was set at 0.05.Results: Three-hundred and sixty-five medication discrepancies were identified out of the 200 included patients. The four most common discrepancies were omission (64.7%), non-formulary omission (16.2%), dose discrepancy (10.1%), and frequency discrepancy (4.1%). Twenty-two percent of pharmacist recommendations were implemented by the prescriber within 72 hours.Conclusion: A PTMR program with dedicated pharmacy technicians and pharmacists identifies many medication discrepancies at admission and provides opportunities for pharmacist reconciliation recommendations.
Thematic Areas: Science and technology studies Revistas de ciencias de la salud Pharmacy Pharmacology (medical) Pharmacology & pharmacy Pharmacology Pharmaceutical science Pedagogical & educational research Odontología Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar Health policy Farmacia Engenharias iv Ciencias sociales Ciências biológicas ii Biotecnología
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 13581538
Author's mail: michelle.murphy@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-6304-6204
Record's date: 2023-04-15
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5499346/
Papper original source: Pharmacy In Practice. 15 (2): 901-905
APA: Sarah K Kraus; Sanchita Sen; Michelle M Murphy; Laura Pontiggia (2017). Impact of a pharmacy technician-centered medication reconciliation program on medication discrepancies and implementation of recommendations. Pharmacy In Practice, 15(2), 901-905
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: 10.18549/PharmPract.2017.02.901
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2017
Publication Type: Journal Publications