Medication Reconciliation Process in Clinical Practice

Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Denis386 enrolled

Overview

This study looks at how reviewing and confirming a patient's medications during a hospital stay can help reduce problems after they go home. It focuses on patients aged 75 and older who were admitted to a short-stay geriatric unit. The researchers compared three groups: * Patients who did not receive any medication reconciliation (CTM), * Patients who received CTM only at hospital admission, * Patients who received CTM at both admission and discharge. The goal was to see if this process could lower the number of hospital readmissions, emergency room visits, and deaths within six months after discharge. The study is based on real data from a hospital in 2019 and was conducted by pharmacists and doctors working together.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

386

Conditions

Medication Reconciliation Patient Safety Geriatrics Hospital Readmission Pharmaceutical Services Transitions of Care

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: \- All patients admitted to the short-stay geriatric unit of Casanova Hospital Between January 1st and August 31st, 2019 Exclusion Criteria: \- Patients who were discharged and then readmitted to the short-stay unit after a brief transfer to another unit (e.g., surgery, internal medicine, or intensive care).

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of hospital readmissions within six months following discharge from the short-stay geriatric unit

Time frame: Six months after discharge from the short-stay geriatric unit

Medication Reconciliation Process in Clinical Practice

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Primary Outcomes