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Automated communication tools and computer-based medication reconciliation to decrease hospital discharge medication errors.
July 18, 2016
Smith KJ, Handler S, Kapoor WN, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2016;31(4):315-22.
Medication inconsistencies are common at hospital discharge. This study found that computerized discharge medication reconciliation, combined with automatic communication of the reconciled medication list to the patient's primary care physician, reduced discharge medication errors.
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