Medication Reconciliation
"Medication Reconciliation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The formal process of obtaining a complete and accurate list of each patient's current home medications including name, dosage, frequency, and route of administration, and comparing admission, transfer, and/or discharge medication orders to that list. The reconciliation is done to avoid medication errors.
| Descriptor ID |
D059065
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.529.500 N02.421.450.500.500 N04.452.528.460 N04.590.656
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| Concept/Terms |
Medication Reconciliation- Medication Reconciliation
- Medication Reconciliations
- Reconciliation, Medication
- Reconciliations, Medication
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medication Reconciliation" by people in Profiles.
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Martello J, Buchhalter J, Das RR, Dubinsky R, Lee E, Anderson W. Quality improvement in neurology: Universal neurology quality measurement set: Executive summary. Neurology. 2019 02 26; 92(9):418-426.
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Ackermann LL, Stewart EA, Riggio JM. Improved Supervision and Safety of Discharges Through Formal Discharge Education. Am J Med Qual. 2019 May/Jun; 34(3):226-233.
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Auerbach AD, Kripalani S, Vasilevskis EE, Sehgal N, Lindenauer PK, Metlay JP, Fletcher G, Ruhnke GW, Flanders SA, Kim C, Williams MV, Thomas L, Giang V, Herzig SJ, Patel K, Boscardin WJ, Robinson EJ, Schnipper JL. Preventability and Causes of Readmissions in a National Cohort of General Medicine Patients. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Apr; 176(4):484-93.
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Snyderman D, Salzman B, Mills G, Hersh L, Parks S. Strategies to help reduce hospital readmissions. J Fam Pract. 2014 Aug; 63(8):430-8a.
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Rappaport DI, Collins B, Koster A, Mercado A, Greenspan J, Lawless S, Hossain J, Sharif I. Implementing medication reconciliation in outpatient pediatrics. Pediatrics. 2011 Dec; 128(6):e1600-7.