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- 60% of Adverse Drug Events occur at key transitions
in patient care
- Rozich, J Clin Outcomes Manage, 2001
- Medication Errors reduced 70% and Adverse Medication
Events by 15%
- Rozich, Jt Comm J Qual Safety, 2004
- For full implementation by January 2006, a process
for obtaining and documenting a complete list of the patient's current
medications upon the patient's admission to the organization and with
the involvement of the patient. This process includes a
comparison of the medications the organization provides to those on
the list
- A complete list of the patient's medications is communicated
to the next provider of service when it refers or transfers a patient
to another setting, service, practitioner or level of care within
or outside the organization
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