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Impact of a pharmacy technician-centered medication reconciliation program on medication discrepancies and implementation of recommendations

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    Identifier: imarina:6362537
    Authors:
    Sarah K KrausSanchita SenMichelle M MurphyLaura Pontiggia
    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.
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    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
  • Keywords:

    Health Policy,Pharmaceutical Science,Pharmacology,Pharmacology & Pharmacy,Pharmacology (Medical),Pharmacy
    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
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