ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023
Impact of Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting (PPMC) on Medication Discrepancies and Errors: A Pragmatic Evaluation of an Emergency Department-Based Process Redesign.
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- Nexus of Quality Use of Medicines, Pharmacists' Activities, and the Emergency Department: A Narrative Review.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Redesigning Medication Management in the Emergency Department: The Impact of Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting on the Time to Administer Pre-Admission Time-Critical Medicines, Medication Order Completeness, and Venous Thromboembolism Risk Assessment.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- One Year Evaluation of Pharmacist Medication Charting Service in a Principal Referral Women and Newborn Hospital.Hospital pharmacy · 2024Article
- Partnered pharmacist medication charting and prescribing in Australian hospitals.Australian prescriber · 2024Review
- Influence of Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use on Older Australians' Admission to Emergency Department Short Stay.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Attributes of errors, facilitators, and barriers related to rate control of IV medications: a scoping review.Systematic reviews · 2023Article
- The impact of partnered pharmacist medication charting in the emergency department on the use of potentially inappropriate medications in older people.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Medication errors are more prevalent in settings with acutely ill patients and heavy workloads, such as in an emergency department (ED). A pragmatic, controlled study compared partnered pharmacist medication charting (PPMC) (pharmacist-documented best-possible medication history [BPMH] followed by clinical discussion between a pharmacist and medical officer to co-develop a treatment plan and chart medications) with early BPMH (pharmacist-documented BPMH followed by medical officer-led traditional medication charting) and usual care (traditional medication charting approach without a pharmacist-collected BPMH in ED). Medication discrepancies were undocumented differences between medication charts and medication reconciliation. An expert panel assessed the discrepancies' clinical significance, with 'unintentional' discrepancies deemed 'errors'. Fewer patients in the PPMC group had at least one error (3.5%; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.1% to 5.8%) than in the early BPMH (49.4%; 95% CI: 42.5% to 56.3%) and usual care group (61.4%; 95% CI: 56.3% to 66.7%). The number of patients who need to be treated with PPMC to prevent at least one high/extreme error was 4.6 (95% CI: 3.4 to 6.9) and 4.0 (95% CI: 3.1 to 5.3) compared to the early BPMH and usual care group, respectively. PPMC within ED, incorporating interdisciplinary discussion, reduced clinically significant errors compared to early BPMH or usual care.
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