Trial reportEuropean journal of clinical pharmacology2014
Pilot study to assess the influence of an enhanced medication plan on patient knowledge at hospital discharge.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Benefits of medication charts provided at transitions of care: a narrative systematic review.BMJ open · 2020Pooled it
- Patients' knowledge of the indications for their medications - a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Patients' Use of a Standardized Medication List - A Mixed Methods Study.Patient preference and adherence · 2023Article
- Medication Supports at Transitions Between Hospital and Other Care Settings: A Rapid Scoping Review.Patient preference and adherence · 2022Article
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- A Scoping Review on How to Make Hospitals health Literate Healthcare Organizations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Assessment of patients' knowledge and practices regarding their medication use and risks in Lebanon.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2017Observational
- In Reply.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2017Article
- Medication and Treatment Adherence Following Hospital Discharge.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2016Article
- Evaluating patients' comprehensibility of a standardized medication plan.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2016Article
- Prevention of hospital-acquired thrombosis from a primary care perspective: a qualitative study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2016Article
- Medication knowledge of patients hospitalized for heart failure at admission and after discharge.Patient preference and adherence · 2016Article
- Patients' handling of a standardized medication plan: a pilot study and method development.Patient preference and adherence · 2016Article
- Warfarin and Rivaroxaban Duplication: A Case Report and Medication Error Analysis.Drug safety - case reports · 2015Article
- Characteristics of medication schedules used by elderly ambulatory patients.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2015Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study assessed the effect of providing an enhanced medication plan (EMP) to patients during patient-physician conversation at hospital discharge and evaluated its immediate impact on patient knowledge on pharmacotherapy.
methodsWe observed patient-physician conversations at hospital discharge in three internal medicine wards of the University Hospital Heidelberg before and after the EMP was integrated into the discharge process, and documented how and to what extent physicians provided the patients with drug information. After the conversation, the patients' knowledge was evaluated by three standardized questions about their pharmacotherapy.
resultsWe observed 90 conversations (50 before EMP-implementation, 40 after). In both phases, the conversation duration was 5.6-6 min (p = 0.56). However, the time spent on drug information increased significantly by 61.7% after EMP-implementation (+63 s, p = 0.02). Before implementation, physicians gave at least one drug administration recommendation for 75.1% of all drugs, compared to 84.6% after implementation (p = 0.02). The EMP provided information for almost all drugs (98.9%; p < 0.01) after implementation. Three times more patients answered all questions correctly after EMP-implementation (p < 0.01).
conclusionThe provision of an EMP improves information transfer and therefore increases the patients' knowledge of their individual drug treatment without prolonging the overall discharge process.
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