Improving Medication Reconciliation Accuracy in a Primary Care Practice

Pharmacy Times July 16, 2024
Aidan Walser, PharmD, Jessi Layne Edwards, PharmD, Laurie Pennell, PharmD, Antoine Al-Achi, PhD, MPharm, MS, CT (ASCP), Shawn Riser Taylor, PharmD, CPP, CDCES

Accurate medication reconciliations are critical for ensuring safe patient outcomes, and a correct medication list can help prevent drug-drug interactions, contraindications, and duplicate therapies.

Précis

Accurate medication reconciliations are critical for ensuring safe patient outcomes, and a correct medication list can help prevent drug-drug interactions, contraindications, and duplicate therapies. Pharmacy-assisted medication reconciliation has demonstrated benefit in the inpatient setting, but evidence is lacking in the primary care setting.

Abstract

Objectives

This study evaluated the effectiveness of pharmacist-provided education and competency skill checks on medication reconciliation accuracy in a federally qualified health center (FQHC).

Setting

FQHC with 6 primary care practices.

Participants

Patients who were 18 years or older were enrolled for care at the FQHC, and had at least 9...

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