PHARMACISTS completing medication management plans in the discharge summary significantly reduced the rate of medication errors (including errors of high and extreme risk) in medication summaries for general medical patients, according to new research published in the MJA.
Research authors included lead clinical pharmacist Erica Tong and general physician Dr Gary Yip, both at Alfred Health.
The study showed that pharmacist input should be more widely adopted, but for maximum effect, this would require the integration of clinical pharmacists into the team structures of all medical units, the authors recommended.
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