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Impact of partnered pharmacist medication charting (PPMC) on medication discrepancies and errors: A pragmatic evaluation of an emergency department-based process redesign

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posted on 2023-05-21, 15:42 authored by Tesfay Mehari Atey, Gregory PetersonGregory Peterson, Mohammed SalahudeenMohammed Salahudeen, Luke BereznickiLuke Bereznicki, Simpson, T, Boland, CM, Anderson, E, John BurgessJohn Burgess, Huckerby, EJ, Viet TranViet Tran, Barbara Wimmer
Medication errors are more prevalent in settings with acutely ill patients and heavy workloads, such as in an emergency department (ED). A pragmatic, controlled study compared partnered pharmacist medication charting (PPMC) (pharmacist-documented best-possible medication history [BPMH] followed by clinical discussion between a pharmacist and medical officer to co-develop a treatment plan and chart medications) with early BPMH (pharmacist-documented BPMH followed by medical officer-led traditional medication charting) and usual care (traditional medication charting approach without a pharmacist-collected BPMH in ED). Medication discrepancies were undocumented differences between medication charts and medication reconciliation. An expert panel assessed the discrepancies’ clinical significance, with ‘unintentional’ discrepancies deemed ‘errors’. Fewer patients in the PPMC group had at least one error (3.5%; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.1% to 5.8%) than in the early BPMH (49.4%; 95% CI: 42.5% to 56.3%) and usual care group (61.4%; 95% CI: 56.3% to 66.7%). The number of patients who need to be treated with PPMC to prevent at least one high/extreme error was 4.6 (95% CI: 3.4 to 6.9) and 4.0 (95% CI: 3.1 to 5.3) compared to the early BPMH and usual care group, respectively. PPMC within ED, incorporating interdisciplinary discussion, reduced clinically significant errors compared to early BPMH or usual care.

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Publication title

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volume

20

Pagination

1-15

ISSN

1660-4601

Department/School

School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Publisher

MDPI AG

Place of publication

Switzerland

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Evaluation of health outcomes

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