Medication-related hospital readmissions within 30 days of discharge: prevalence, preventability, type of medication errors and risk factors.
Uitvlugt EB, Janssen MJA, Siegert CEH, et al. Medication-related hospital readmissions within 30 days of discharge: prevalence, preventability, type of medication errors and risk factors. Front Pharmacol. 2021;12:567424. doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.567424.
Identifying and reducing potentially preventable readmissions is a patient safety priority. This study found that 16% of readmissions at one teaching hospital in the Netherlands were medication-related; of those, 40% were considered potentially preventable. Preventable readmissions were attributed to prescribing errors, non-adherence, and handoff or transition errors.