Transitions in care, such as admission to and discharge from the hospital, put patients at risk for errors due to poor communication and inadvertent information loss (1–5). One discrepancy does not necessarily mean an error. In fact, most discrepancies are due to adapting chronic medication to the patient’s newly diagnosed condition, or because the examinations and/or interventions performed could interfere with their usual medication. Medication discrepancies, established as unexplained differences among documented drug regimens at the interfaces of care1 (admission, transfer, and discharge) are highly prevalent. Some are intended therapeutic modifications, but others are unintentional and clinically unjustified. Prior studies suggest that …show more content…
ADEs associated with medication discrepancies can prolong hospital stays and, in the post-discharge period, may lead to emergency room visits, hospital readmissions, and utilization of other health care resources. Preventable adverse drug events (PADE) are associated with 1 of 5 injuries or deaths and a result of poorly designed systems, which often lack independent redundancies. Preventable ADEs at transition points of care account for 46-56% of all medication errors. One strategy to reduce PADEs and ADEs is to reconcile the medication orders between the two transition points. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) defines medication reconciliation as a formal process to compile a list of all the medications a patient is taking before admission, and comparing it with the doctor’s admission, transfer and discharge orders. In 2007, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) acknowledged that reconciliation errors compromise the safety of drug use and recommended hospitals to develop a system for obtaining patients’ complete pharmacotherapeutic records, to ensure they receive the necessary drugs for the new
MTM is used to describe the broad range of health care services provided by pharmacists. These services include comprehensive medication reviews, medication reconciliation, drug use review, the ordering and review of lab tests, immunizations, drug dosage adjustments, and identification of gaps in care. Integrated systems of care, such as accountable care organizations (ACOs), already view MTM as essential to care delivery and to meeting ACO quality and cost targets. Such organizations also are heavily invested in HIT, including e-prescribing and EHRs. MTM can improve medication adherence and patient outcomes among patients suffering from chronic diseases, thus cutting costs and improving the quality of care and patient
Six months after the introduction of medication aides, error rates were as follows: RN (2.75%), LPN (7.25%) and medication aides (6.06%) with a mean error rate of 6.6%” Randolph & Scott-Calwiezell (2010) as cited in Budden (2011). While errors remain, the objective of reducing inaccuracies among primary nursing staff was achieved by
Transition of care is vital part of recovering from any type of surgery. It can be detrimental to the patient’s health if all of the necessary steps and parties involved are not in proper sequence. Transition of care is a vulnerable time for all patients, but especially older patients and those with comorbidities. Transition of care is the coordination of care of patients transferring from different levels of care which include hospital admission through discharge, skilled nursing facilities, long-term care facilities, assisted living facilities, home health care agencies, primary care physicians, specialist, and care takers at home (National Transitions of Care Coalition, n.d.). This paper will outline the downfalls of transition of care
QUESTION: Why is data standardization becoming so important in healthcare organizations? ASSIGNMENT Week 5: HIT Governance and Decision Rights February 06 to February 12 Name of Student Pranali R. Chavan Name of Instructor Mohammad Bajwa Name of College Metropolitan college of New York Name of the course HSM 725 SEL/LECT/MHV1-2017/SPRING/01 - Healthcare Technology Management Why is data standardization becoming so important in healthcare organizations? Pranali R. Chavan and Mohammad Bajwa School of Business, Metropolitan college of New York -Assignment Hello... hope all fine Standardization is a hot topic in today’s healthcare industry.
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Transitioning from the paediatric to adult care involves a holistic multifaceted, active process that encompasses the health requirements of the young person and transcends beyond specific health condition needs to include the broader context of family, relationships, education, work and social care.1 It is defined as a purposeful, planned process that addresses the medical, psychosocial and educational/vocational needs of adolescents and young people with chronic physical and medical conditions as they move from child-centered to adult oriented health care systems.2 The chronicity of the medical conditions implies that the disease conditions occur more or less throughout life. The children would most likely have then developed a psycho-social
recognizes patient safety and adverse drug events negatively corresponded to inaccurate medication reconciliation processes (2016). An improvement effort was established in Boston with a sample of, “148 Brigham and Women’s Hospital ambulatory specialty practices” (Keogh et al., 2016, p. 186). Brigham and Women’s ambulatory specialty sample involving a 148 practices, 63 practices followed a thorough medication reconciliation process, 71 practices less restrictive revised moderate medication reconciliation process, and lastly 14 practices followed a minimal accountability with medication reconciliation (Keogh et al., 2016, p. 186). The three divisions within this study are defined in vague terms. Pointedly, a sample size of 148 specialty practices is a large respective quantity, however no definition to how many providers cover a specialty or patient to provider
There were no follow-up call about the new medications and he was confused which medications to continue to take. It was like once he was discharged, they did not care what he did afterwards unless he gets readmitted and the cycle continues. However, if they had implemented the Transition of Care program, he would probably feel the doctors truly care about his well-being and would appreciate any clarifications about the medicine he has to take. Doctors and pharmacists cannot assume that the patients know everything that they know. It is better safe than sorry if the patients know already which medications to take.
Medication errors can be very dangerous for the ones taking the wrong medicines or doses; therefore, safety measures must be in place. Administering them must be done with an understanding and focus. One missed check could have a staff member giving a resident the wrong set of pills. Some interventions to help prevent the medication error from occurring is to first report errors. When errors are reported, the main cause is to try and never let the error occur again.
Finally, before I began this module, it would never have occured to me that patients wouldn 't take their medications. It seemed logical to me that patients would be interested in getting better as quickly as possible, and so they would comply with the instructions regarding their medication. I have learned that this way of thinking is somewhat naive and that there exist numerous reasons why patients might not take their medications (correctly) and that it is the physician 's responsibility to be aware of non-adherence. As Hippocrates once said: "Keep a watch...on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about taking the things prescribed. For through not taking disagreeable drinks, purgative or other, they sometimes die"(Huth and Murray, 2006).
Mrs. Burns should have been asked every drug she takes and at what doses on admission, especially due to her being alert and orientated. The name on the medication list should have been matched and identified to Ms. Burn’s name, identification number and other forms of identification. Furthermore, the physician, who reordered the medications, should have assessed the patient before reordering the medication list. He would have realized by assessing the patient physically and asking the patient questions, that they had the medication list did not match her health history or symptoms. In addition, the Nurses administering the medications should have questioned the orders by the physician.
This system is used for reporting observed and new ADEs at the VA (VA, 2014). VA ADERS allows individuals to report, track, and electronically submit serious adverse drug events to the FDA’s MedWatch system (VA, 2014). Nurses should be educated on new medication policy and procedure, as well as, protocols (Anderson & Townsend,
Medication Errors in Healthcare The nursing profession entails many responsibilities that range from providing emotional support to administering medications that could result in death for those receiving care. Approximately 40% of a nurse's day consists of passing medication, a duty that sets their level of liability above many other healthcare professions (McCuistion, Vuljoin-DiMaggio, Winton, Yeager, & Kee, 2018). Despite today's advances in technology and nursing education, the frequency of medication errors is still staggering. To ensure that the benefits of nursing outweigh the risks, nurses look to the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) six core competencies for guidance.
There is a lack of support from physicians as a separate medication ordering system will be used, creating an increased in workload and reduction in patient interaction time (Park et al.,
Physicians are encouraged, and often required, to electronically prescribe medications and give orders to nurses via the EHR. The EHR uses a system of checks to make sure that the provider is submitting a complete and appropriate order and that the medication is safe for the patient to take and does not interact with any other medications. Prior to the widespread use of EHRs, doctors would often give orders over the phone or handwritten. This method of delivering orders put nurses, doctors, and their patients at risk because of the ease of misunderstanding or misinterpreting an order. Often orders would be given with missing information and nurses did not have easy access to confirm if a medication was safe to give based on the patient’s allergies and contraindications (Kearney-Nunnery, 2020).