Members of our team had the opportunity to present a new poster abstract, "Identifying Medication Reconciliation Inconsistencies Impacting 30-Day Readmission Rates at a 200 Bed Community Hospital in the Midwest", at the ASHP 2024 Midyear Meeting held December 8 - 12, 2024.

Authors:

Rebecca Volkert, PharmD | Casey Fitzpatrick, PharmD, BCPS | Colin Lombardi, PharmD, MS | Gretchen Lindsey, PharmD

Background:

• Medication reconciliation is a formal process aimed at collecting a comprehensive list of all current medications for patients by comparing a patient's medication orders to an external list of medications. The goal of medication reconciliation is to avoid medications errors, such as duplicates, omissions, or drug interactions.¹
• Studies show that every hospitalized patient is subject to at least 1 medication reconciliation error per day while admitted.²
• Medication reconciliation errors occur most predominantly during transitions of care, specifically admissions, transfers, and discharges.²
  

Purpose:

• To assess the current medication reconciliation process at a community hospital and identify factors that may contribute to hospital readmissions.

Read about the team's findings by downloading the outcomes study below.