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medication reconciliation

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medication reconciliation,
a nursing intervention from the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) defined as the comparison of the patient's home medications with the admission, transfer, and/or discharge orders to ensure accuracy and patient safety. See also Nursing Interventions Classification.


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The EHR assists with medication reconciliation by stepping through the process in the transfer and discharge navigator applications.
1) For example, prior to the implementation of medication reconciliation across our institution, the proposed set of interventions was tested in several pilot hospital floors with subsequent technology enhancements and process changes prior to institution-wide implementation.
See "Limited health literacy is a barrier to medication reconciliation in ambulatory care," by Dr.
 
 
 
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