The value of incorporating patient-consulted medication reconciliation in influencing drug-related actions in the outpatient rheumatology setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unintentional changes to patients' medicine regimens and drug non-adherence are discovered by medication reconciliation. High numbers of outpatient visits and medication reconciliation being time-consuming, make it challenging to perform medication reconciliation for all outpatients. Therefore, we aimed to get insight into the proportion of outpatient visits in which information obtained with medication reconciliation led to additional drug-related actions.

Methods

In October and November 2018, we performed a cross-sectional observational study at the rheumatology outpatient clinic. Based on a standardized data collection form, outpatient visits were observed by a pharmacy technician trained to observe and report all drug-related actions made by the rheumatologist

SUBMITTER: van der Nat DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9354341 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature