Open AccessApplying the Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs Toolkit in a Rural Primary Care Clinic
Author(s) -
Traci Jarrett,
Jill Cochran,
Adam Baus
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of nursing care quality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.554
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1550-5065
pISSN - 1057-3631
DOI - 10.1097/ncq.0000000000000454
Subject(s) - workflow , medication reconciliation , intervention (counseling) , medicine , medical record , patient safety , primary care , nursing , medication adherence , medline , health care , medical emergency , family medicine , computer science , pharmacy , pharmacist , database , political science , law , economics , radiology , economic growth
Adequate medication reconciliation is related to patients' safety. Rural populations are at increased risk of adverse drug events due to errors in medication reconciliation and often receiving medical care across multiple health care entities and across long distances with separate electronic medical records.