Impact of pharmacist-initiated educational interventions on improving medication reconciliation practice in geriatric inpatients during hospital admission in Vietnam.

ABSTRACT:

What is known and objective

Unintentional medication discrepancies (UMDs) are common in geriatric patients during care transitions, resulting in frequent undesirable consequences. Medication reconciliation could be a useful practice to prevent or ameliorate UMD. However, this practice in Vietnamese hospitals has not been well established or standardized. This study aims to determine the effect of pharmacist-initiated educational interventions on improving medication reconciliation practice.

Methods

This prospective 6-month pre-and post-study was conducted in two internal medicine wards in a Vietnamese 800-bed public hospital. Pharmacists provided training and short-term support to physicians on medication reconciliation. Primary outcome measures were the proportions of patie

SUBMITTER: Dong PTX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10086993 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature