PHARMACIST-LED medication reconciliation aiming to reduce medication errors following hospital discharge can prove to be at least self-funding and potentially cost-saving compared with usual care, according to a study published in the American Journal of Managed Care.
The research showed medication reconciliation intervention that reduced medication discrepancies by at least 10% could cover the initial cost of intervention.
Targeting medication reconciliation to high-risk individuals would achieve a stronger result only if the sensitivity and specificity of a screening tool were at least 90% and 70%, respectively.
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