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Use of complete medication history to identify and correct transitions-of-care medication errors at psychiatric hospital admission

Methods for categorizing the scale and severity of medication errors corrected by pharmacy staff during admission medication reconciliation using complete medication history continue to evolve. We established a rating scale that is effective for generating error reports to health system quality lead...

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Autores principales: Vargas, Victoria, Blakeslee, Weston W., Banas, Colin A., Teter, Christian, Dupuis-Dobson, Katherine, Aboud, Carol
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9876239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36696376
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279903
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author Vargas, Victoria
Blakeslee, Weston W.
Banas, Colin A.
Teter, Christian
Dupuis-Dobson, Katherine
Aboud, Carol
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Blakeslee, Weston W.
Banas, Colin A.
Teter, Christian
Dupuis-Dobson, Katherine
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description Methods for categorizing the scale and severity of medication errors corrected by pharmacy staff during admission medication reconciliation using complete medication history continue to evolve. We established a rating scale that is effective for generating error reports to health system quality leadership. These reports are needed to quantify the value of investment in transitions-of-care pharmacy staff. All medication errors that were reported by pharmacy staff in the admission medication reconciliation process during a period of 6 months were eligible for inclusion. Complete medication history data source was utilized by admitting providers and all pharmacist staff and a novel medication error scoring methodology was developed. This methodology included: medication error category, medication error type, potential medication error severity, and medication non-adherence. We determined that 82 medication errors were detected from 72 patients and assessed that 74 of these errors may have harmed patients if they were not corrected through pharmacist intervention. Most of these errors were dosage discrepancies and omissions. With hospital system budgets continually becoming leaner, it is important to measure the effectiveness and value of staff resources to optimize patient care. Pharmacists performing admission medication reconciliation can detect subtle medication discrepancies that may be overlooked by other clinician types. This methodology can serve as a foundation for error reporting and predicting the severity of adverse drug events.
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spelling pubmed-98762392023-01-26 Use of complete medication history to identify and correct transitions-of-care medication errors at psychiatric hospital admission Vargas, Victoria Blakeslee, Weston W. Banas, Colin A. Teter, Christian Dupuis-Dobson, Katherine Aboud, Carol PLoS One Research Article Methods for categorizing the scale and severity of medication errors corrected by pharmacy staff during admission medication reconciliation using complete medication history continue to evolve. We established a rating scale that is effective for generating error reports to health system quality leadership. These reports are needed to quantify the value of investment in transitions-of-care pharmacy staff. All medication errors that were reported by pharmacy staff in the admission medication reconciliation process during a period of 6 months were eligible for inclusion. Complete medication history data source was utilized by admitting providers and all pharmacist staff and a novel medication error scoring methodology was developed. This methodology included: medication error category, medication error type, potential medication error severity, and medication non-adherence. We determined that 82 medication errors were detected from 72 patients and assessed that 74 of these errors may have harmed patients if they were not corrected through pharmacist intervention. Most of these errors were dosage discrepancies and omissions. With hospital system budgets continually becoming leaner, it is important to measure the effectiveness and value of staff resources to optimize patient care. Pharmacists performing admission medication reconciliation can detect subtle medication discrepancies that may be overlooked by other clinician types. This methodology can serve as a foundation for error reporting and predicting the severity of adverse drug events. Public Library of Science 2023-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9876239/ /pubmed/36696376 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279903 Text en © 2023 Vargas et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Banas, Colin A.
Teter, Christian
Dupuis-Dobson, Katherine
Aboud, Carol
Use of complete medication history to identify and correct transitions-of-care medication errors at psychiatric hospital admission
title Use of complete medication history to identify and correct transitions-of-care medication errors at psychiatric hospital admission
title_full Use of complete medication history to identify and correct transitions-of-care medication errors at psychiatric hospital admission
title_fullStr Use of complete medication history to identify and correct transitions-of-care medication errors at psychiatric hospital admission
title_full_unstemmed Use of complete medication history to identify and correct transitions-of-care medication errors at psychiatric hospital admission
title_short Use of complete medication history to identify and correct transitions-of-care medication errors at psychiatric hospital admission
title_sort use of complete medication history to identify and correct transitions-of-care medication errors at psychiatric hospital admission
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9876239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36696376
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279903
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