Prevalence, clinical relevance and predictive factors of medication discrepancies revealed by medication reconciliation at hospital admission: prospective study in a Swiss internal medicine ward.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Medication reconciliation (MedRec) is a relevant safety procedure in medication management at transitions of care. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of MedRec, including a best possible medication history (BPMH) compared with a standard medication history in patients admitted to an internal medicine ward.

Design

Prospective interventional study. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics followed by univariate and multivariate Poisson regression models and a zero-inflated Poisson regression model.

Setting

Internal medicine ward in a secondary care hospital in Southern Switzerland.

Participants

The first 100 consecutive patients admitted in an internal medicine ward.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Medication di

SUBMITTER: Giannini O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6538074 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature