Jonathan D Hron1, Shannon Manzi2, Roger Dionne2, Vincent W Chiang1, Marcie Brostoff3, Stephanie A Altavilla3, A L Patterson4, Marvin B Harper5. 1. Department of Medicine, Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. 2. Department of Pharmacy, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. 3. Clinical Education and Informatics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. 4. Department of Pharmacy, Sidra Medical and Research Center, Al Dafna, Doha, Qatar. 5. Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To measure the impact of electronic medication reconciliation implementation on reports of admission medication reconciliation errors (MREs). DESIGN: Quality improvement project with time-series design. SETTING: A large, urban, tertiary care children's hospital. PARTICIPANTS: All admitted patients from 2011 and 2012. INTERVENTIONS: Implementation of an electronic medication reconciliation tool for hospital admissions and regular compliance reporting to inpatient units. The tool encourages active reconciliation by displaying the pre-admission medication list and admission medication orders side-by-side. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Rate of non-intercepted admission MREs identified via a voluntary reporting system. RESULTS: During the study period, there were 33 070 hospital admissions. The pre-admission medication list was consistently recorded electronically throughout the study period. In the post-intervention period, the use of the electronic medication reconciliation tool increased to 84%. Reports identified 146 admission MREs during the study period, including 95 non-intercepted errors. Pre- to post-intervention, the rate of non-intercepted errors decreased by 53% (P = 0.02). Reported errors were categorized as intercepted potential adverse drug events (ADEs) (35%), non-intercepted potential ADEs (42%), minor ADEs (22%) or moderate ADEs (1%). There were no reported MREs that resulted in major or catastrophic ADEs. CONCLUSIONS: We successfully implemented an electronic process for admission medication reconciliation, which was associated with a reduction in reports of non-intercepted admission MREs.
OBJECTIVE: To measure the impact of electronic medication reconciliation implementation on reports of admission medication reconciliation errors (MREs). DESIGN: Quality improvement project with time-series design. SETTING: A large, urban, tertiary care children's hospital. PARTICIPANTS: All admitted patients from 2011 and 2012. INTERVENTIONS: Implementation of an electronic medication reconciliation tool for hospital admissions and regular compliance reporting to inpatient units. The tool encourages active reconciliation by displaying the pre-admission medication list and admission medication orders side-by-side. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Rate of non-intercepted admission MREs identified via a voluntary reporting system. RESULTS: During the study period, there were 33 070 hospital admissions. The pre-admission medication list was consistently recorded electronically throughout the study period. In the post-intervention period, the use of the electronic medication reconciliation tool increased to 84%. Reports identified 146 admission MREs during the study period, including 95 non-intercepted errors. Pre- to post-intervention, the rate of non-intercepted errors decreased by 53% (P = 0.02). Reported errors were categorized as intercepted potential adverse drug events (ADEs) (35%), non-intercepted potential ADEs (42%), minor ADEs (22%) or moderate ADEs (1%). There were no reported MREs that resulted in major or catastrophic ADEs. CONCLUSIONS: We successfully implemented an electronic process for admission medication reconciliation, which was associated with a reduction in reports of non-intercepted admission MREs.
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