TY  - JOUR
T1  - Educational Interventions and Medication Reconciliation Performance of Hospital Pharmacists
A1  - Paola Santini
A1  - Roberto De Marchi
A1  - Francesca L. Riva
JF  - Annals of Pharmacy Education, Safety, and Public Health Advocacy
JO  - Ann Pharm Educ Saf Public Health Advocacy
SN  - 3108-4850
Y1  - 2023
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.51847/jJTZWHnk2C
SP  - 162
EP  - 179
N2  - Medication reconciliation is a validated patient-safety strategy aimed at minimizing medication-related adverse events. This study assessed the impact of educational interventions on the medication reconciliation practices of hospital pharmacists managing ambulatory patients with diabetes and hypertension. A non-randomised controlled clinical trial was conducted to evaluate medication reconciliation practices among pharmacists at two study sites. A total of 85 pharmacists at the intervention site and 61 pharmacists at the control site were included. To indirectly assess baseline medication reconciliation practices, the principal investigator performed medication reconciliation for 334 ambulatory patients with diabetes and/or hypertension (183 at the intervention site and 151 at the control site). Following baseline assessment, pharmacists at the intervention site received a general educational intervention. Subsequent medication reconciliation was performed by the principal investigator among two additional patient cohorts at three months (n=96; intervention 46, control 50) and six months (n=90; intervention 44, control 46) after the intervention to evaluate post-intervention practices. A focused educational intervention was later delivered to a subset of 15 pharmacists at the intervention site. After this targeted training, these pharmacists conducted medication reconciliation for another cohort of 140 patients. The completed medication reconciliation forms were independently reviewed by three clinical pharmacy experts. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages, and mean ± standard deviation) and inferential tests, including Pearson’s correlation, independent-samples t-test, and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), with statistical significance defined as p
UR  - https://smerpub.com/article/educational-interventions-and-medication-reconciliation-performance-of-hospital-pharmacists-fps0cfb1sk9unyw
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