Open AccessMedManage: The development of a tool to assist medication reconciliation in a rural primary care clinic
Author(s) -
Traci Jarrett,
Jill Cochran,
Adam Baus,
Kayla Delmar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of the american association of nurse practitioners
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2327-6886
pISSN - 2327-6924
DOI - 10.1097/jxx.0000000000000197
Subject(s) - medicine , audit , intervention (counseling) , family medicine , primary care , chart , medline , nursing , statistics , management , mathematics , political science , law , economics
Medication reconciliation is a critical step in the health care process to prevent hospital readmission, adverse drug events, and fall prevention. The purpose of the study was to pilot test a medication reconciliation process, MedManage, informed by the Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) toolkit with nursing staff in a rural primary care clinic.