Interventions to reduce the incidence of medical error and its financial burden in health care systems: A systematic review of systematic reviews

E Ahsani-Estahbanati, V Sergeevich Gordeev… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background and aim Improving health care quality and ensuring patient safety is impossible
without addressing medical errors that adversely affect patient outcomes. Therefore, it is …

Increasing societal benefit from cardiovascular drugs

M Tonelli, S Straus - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
During the past few years, several innovative treatments for noncommunicable chronic
disease have become available, including SGLT2i (sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 …

Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on medication reconciliation in frail elderly people at hospital discharge: perception of healthcare professionals

MJ Rojas-Ocaña, EB García-Navarro… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The current demographic panorama in Spain corresponds to an aging population; this
situation is characterized by the need to care for an elderly population, which contains …

Prevalence of Polypharmacy of Older People in a Large Brazilian Urban Center and its Associated Factors

LM Vitorino, JH Lopes Mendes… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: With the aging population comes greater risks associated with polypharmacy, a
significant public health problem. Objective: This study aimed to identify the prevalence of …

Impact of integrated medication management program on medication errors in a medical center: an interrupted time series study

KL Chen, CF Hunag, WH Sheng, YK Chen… - BMC Health Services …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Medication errors (MEs) are harmful to patients during hospitalization,
especially elderly patients. To reduce MEs, an integrated medication management (IMM) …

[HTML][HTML] Medication Reconciliation of Patients by Pharmacist at the Time of Admission and Discharge from Adult Nephrology Wards

H Ahmadi, Y Houshmand, GA Raees-Jalali… - Pharmacy, 2024 - mdpi.com
Purpose: The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of medication
reconciliation by pharmacists at both admission and discharge in hospitalized patients with …

Zero-and Few-shot Named Entity Recognition and Text Expansion in Medication Prescriptions using ChatGPT

N Isaradech, A Riedel, W Sirikul, M Kreuzthaler… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Introduction: Medication prescriptions are often in free text and include a mix of two
languages, local brand names, and a wide range of idiosyncratic formats and abbreviations …

[PDF][PDF] Estimating the impact of enabling NHS information systems to share patients' medicines information digitally

R Elliott, E Camacho, S Gavan, R Keers, A Chuter - 2023 - research.manchester.ac.uk
Access to accurate medicines information is key to the management of patients, especially
when they transfer from one care setting to another, such as on admission to or discharge …

Pharmacist-led medication reconciliation at patient discharge: a tool to reduce healthcare utilization? an observational study in patients 65 years or older

E Bajeux, L Alix, L Cornée, C Barbazan, M Mercerolle… - BMC geriatrics, 2022 - Springer
Background Older patients often experience adverse drug events (ADEs) after discharge
that may lead to unplanned readmission. Medication Reconciliation (MR) reduces …

The Risk of Drug Interactions in Older Primary Care Patients after Hospital Discharge: The Role of Drug Reconciliation

C Vocca, A Siniscalchi, V Rania, C Galati, G Marcianò… - Geriatrics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Introduction: Drug–drug interactions (DDIs) represent an important clinical problem,
particularly in older patients, due to polytherapy, comorbidity, and physiological changes in …