Background: Hospital discharge is an interface of care when patients are at a high risk of medication discrepancies as they transition from hospital to home. These discrepancies are important, as they ...

In the preintervention period, 204 patients (64 of whom used antithrombotic medications) and, in the postintervention period, 93 patients (36 of whom used antithrombotic medications) were included.

Two-thirds of older adults experience medication errors during hospital stays, particularly when moving between different care settings, according to new research published in BMC Geriatrics.

Medication discrepancies lead to the deaths of between 7,000 and 9,000 U.S. patients each year, but collecting a consolidated medication list before admission and upon discharge can significantly ...

Consolidating a patient’s medication lists before hospital admission and upon discharge significantly reduced the number of medication discrepancies in a new analysis of the MARQUIS2 study While ...

A new report from Griffith University has found that fragmented medication systems in Australian aged care are driving high rates of medication discrepancies and avoidable hospital admissions—costing ...