Articles examine medication reconciliation, patient handoffs
Hospitalist Leadership Connection, May 9, 2007
Separate articles in the May issue of Academic Emergency Medicine examine medication reconciliation and handoffs between the emergency department (ED) and the hospital.
The first article deals with the use of out-of-hospital lists to improve medication reconciliation. Such lists are made by
The second article finds that patient handoffs from the ED to another hospital unit are haphazard. Most do not include needed information or do not follow a consistent pattern, which increases patients' risk.
To access the abstracts for both articles, go to www.aemj.org/content/vol14/5_Supplement_1/
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