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Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 244
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This handbook is an invaluable tool for health care organizations seeking to implement an effective medication reconciliation process. Medication errors commonly occur at points of transition in care, such as at admission, during transfer from one department to another, or at discharge. A medication reconciliation process can help your organization decrease the incidents of medication errors at these points. Numerous case studies describe successes in forming a team to incorporate medication reconciliation in their processes. The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goal on medication reconciliation is also discussed.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 244
Book Description
This handbook is an invaluable tool for health care organizations seeking to implement an effective medication reconciliation process. Medication errors commonly occur at points of transition in care, such as at admission, during transfer from one department to another, or at discharge. A medication reconciliation process can help your organization decrease the incidents of medication errors at these points. Numerous case studies describe successes in forming a team to incorporate medication reconciliation in their processes. The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goal on medication reconciliation is also discussed.
Author: Maureen Gibbs Publisher: HC Pro, Inc. ISBN: 9781578396344 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 152
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Medication reconciliation is not easy ... but when implemented effectively, the process will help you : increase patient safety which will reduce medication errors - one of the leading causes of injury to patients; comply with new JCAHO requirements; and improve efficiency by avoiding double documentation and saving staff time and resources. This book offers proven techniques, tools, and tips you can use to implement the medication reconciliation process into your facility. This book also focuses on the unique challenges you're likely to encounter as you prepare a patient's medication list. Specifically, it will address the needs of organizations based on their : size (small vs. large hospitals); format (electronic vs. paper-based records); and setting type (inpatient vs. outpatient).
Author: Kristine M. Gleason Publisher: Hcpro, a Division of Simplify Compliance ISBN: 9781601461964 Category : Drug interactions Languages : en Pages : 0
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Tired of medication reconciliation headaches? Your remedy is here! Inadequate reconciliation is a significant source of preventable medication errors nationwide. Most hospitals have implemented medication reconciliation plans, but are still struggling with obstacles such as lack of communication, resistance to change, and evolving standards and regulations. Is medication reconciliation a headache for your organization? It's been several years since The Joint Commission made medication reconciliation a National Patient Safety Goal, but it's not getting any easier, as facilities adopt electronic forms and The NPSG continues to evolve. Furthermore, since that time, they have made significant changes to the scoring and the goal itself. Medication Reconciliation: Practical Strategies and Tools for Joint Commission Compliance, Second Edition, gives you best practices, step-by-step guidance, forms, and advice to: - Reduce medication errors - Streamline the process - Boost compliance - Fine tune policies and tools - Address problem areas - Comply with the latest Joint Commission and CAMH standards With the help of this book and bonus CD-ROM, you will: - Learn from the best practices of your peers - Obtain buy-in from physicians and directors - Train staff in all areas - Build an effective team approach - Improve documentation - Gather quality data Who will benefit from this helpful resource? Hospitals Healthcare systems Pharmacies Quality improvement Patient Safety Survey Committee Chief Nursing Officer Director/VP of Nursing Quality Manager/Director Pharmacy staff/director Risk Manager Survey Committee leader/team member
Author: Anne Lindsay Publisher: ISBN: Category : Patient safety Languages : en Pages : 0
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Medication reconciliation is a process to reduce errors and harm associated with the loss of medication information as a patient is moved through the healthcare system. Changes made to medications in the time between Primary Care Providers office visits also create a potential for medication error. Research has indicated there are multiple areas for potential breakdown in the medication reconciliation process. Some of these areas include when a patient is admitted to the hospital from home, moving from department to department in the inpatient setting, discharging a patient home after hospital stay and from home to the Primary Care Providers follow-up visit. Addressing medication reconciliation at the Primary Care Provider (PCP) level and implementing a standardized process to address the steps for obtaining the information pertinent to medication reconciliation is imperative to the success of reducing error and potential harm to patients in the outpatient setting. Education of staff in the process of obtaining medication information as well as audit tools for assessing the compliance of following the process at each level can insure effective medication reconciliation at the PCP level, thereby reducing error and enhancing patient safety with medication.
Author: Vaz de Almeida, Cristina Publisher: IGI Global ISBN: 1799888258 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 423
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Health literacy in practice requires the development of techniques that ensure that the patient can better access information, understand its content, know how to use this information, and make better health decisions. If the patient makes better health decisions, there are immediate reflexes in health outcomes. The aim is to develop an approach based on the commitment and creation of an atmosphere of trust that reduces uncertainty, anxiety, and embarrassment based on a process of assertive, clear, and positive communication (ACP model). The Handbook of Research on Assertiveness, Clarity, and Positivity in Health Literacy brings the consolidation of knowledge, strategies, and techniques to improve health literacy. This book discusses the importance of making sound health decisions: decisions that can save lives, prevent premature deaths, avoid hospitalizations and abusive resources to medical emergencies, and improve overall health outcomes for the individual, family, community, and society. Covering topics such as dietary guidance, health behavior change models, and medication reconciliation, this resource has theoretical and practical aspects essential to health information libraries, hospitals, clinics, health centers, health schools, patient associations, health professionals, medical students, researchers, professors, and academicians.
Author: David Bloomfield Publisher: ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 188
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How does a newly democratized nation constructively address the past to move from a divided history to a shared future? How do people rebuild coexistence after violence? The International IDEA Handbook on Reconciliation after Violent Conflict presents a range of tools that can be, and have been, employed in the design and implementation of reconciliation processes. Most of them draw on the experience of people grappling with the problems of past violence and injustice. There is no "right answer" to the challenge of reconciliation, and so the Handbook prescribes no single approach. Instead, it presents the options and methods, with their strengths and weaknesses evaluated, so that practitioners and policy-makers can adopt or adapt them, as best suits each specific context. Also available in a French language version.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Medication errors Languages : en Pages :
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"Medication reconciliation (also known as "MedRec") is a patient safety intervention that was introduced to improve communication about patients' medication information as they transition through the healthcare system. It is targeted at both the patient and the patient's healthcare providers and is designed to help prevent adverse drug events. The need for effective MedRec processes has been well established. Without effective processes in place, failures in communication about a patient's medications can result in harm to the patient, can unnecessarily burden the healthcare system, and can affect society at large."--Executive Summary.
Author: Dominique Watt Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Medication errors due to incorrect medication reconciliation are a very present and serious problem in our microsystem. As an preop/postop outpatient unit, we see an average of 50 patients daily and perform medication reconciliations regularly. The problem is our nurses perform this task inconsistently and often incomplete, leading us to potential medication errors. During my CNL project, I worked with a committee of staff champions and developed a standard work guide for nurses to use in order to effective reconcile patient medications. We used fishbone diagrams, audit tools, surveys and led regular discussions in our huddles in order to develop this guide. Once implementation is complete, we hope to have at least 80% of our medication reconciliations to be accurate and a decrease in medication error related safety incident reports to no more than 21 reports (a 50% improvement) this fiscal year, ending in August 2016. In order to maintain sustainability, our staff champions will serve as resources for staff and we will implement our standardized medication reconciliation into our orientation and annual skills competency review.
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