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Discrepancy between electronic medicine list, pharmacy delivery and patient reported medicine intake in Greenland

Medicine use is a cornerstone in the treatment of many conditions, but ill-use has the potential to harm the patient. Thus, accurate medication information is critical for patient care and safety. To investigate the association between participants’ reporting of using medicine daily, medicine list o...

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Autores principales: Kleist, Inaluk, Andersen, Stig
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34286661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1955493
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description Medicine use is a cornerstone in the treatment of many conditions, but ill-use has the potential to harm the patient. Thus, accurate medication information is critical for patient care and safety. To investigate the association between participants’ reporting of using medicine daily, medicine list on Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and number of medicines handed out. Thirty-seven elderly Greenlanders were included, representing three different locations in Greenland. They were interviewed on daily medicine intake. Medicine list and pharmacy delivery were retrieved from the EMR. The difference between the number of drugs recorded in the EMR and the number delivered by pharmacy increased with number of drugs prescribed (p<0.0001). Thirty participants claimed that they were on daily medicine, and the EMR was in accordance with the delivered recorded by the pharmacy in just five participants. Eight had no registered medicine delivery. Four of seven, who claimed not being on daily medicine, were on daily medicine according to EMR. We found distinct discrepancies between EMR medicine list, medicine delivery by pharmacy and patient self-reported medicine use.
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spelling pubmed-82974012021-08-03 Discrepancy between electronic medicine list, pharmacy delivery and patient reported medicine intake in Greenland Kleist, Inaluk Andersen, Stig Int J Circumpolar Health Short Communication Medicine use is a cornerstone in the treatment of many conditions, but ill-use has the potential to harm the patient. Thus, accurate medication information is critical for patient care and safety. To investigate the association between participants’ reporting of using medicine daily, medicine list on Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and number of medicines handed out. Thirty-seven elderly Greenlanders were included, representing three different locations in Greenland. They were interviewed on daily medicine intake. Medicine list and pharmacy delivery were retrieved from the EMR. The difference between the number of drugs recorded in the EMR and the number delivered by pharmacy increased with number of drugs prescribed (p<0.0001). Thirty participants claimed that they were on daily medicine, and the EMR was in accordance with the delivered recorded by the pharmacy in just five participants. Eight had no registered medicine delivery. Four of seven, who claimed not being on daily medicine, were on daily medicine according to EMR. We found distinct discrepancies between EMR medicine list, medicine delivery by pharmacy and patient self-reported medicine use. Taylor & Francis 2021-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8297401/ /pubmed/34286661 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1955493 Text en © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Discrepancy between electronic medicine list, pharmacy delivery and patient reported medicine intake in Greenland
title_full_unstemmed Discrepancy between electronic medicine list, pharmacy delivery and patient reported medicine intake in Greenland
title_short Discrepancy between electronic medicine list, pharmacy delivery and patient reported medicine intake in Greenland
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34286661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1955493
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