Bmc Med Inform Decis
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Bmc Med Inform Decis · Aug 2016
Review Meta AnalysisImpact of electronic medication reconciliation interventions on medication discrepancies at hospital transitions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Medication reconciliation has been identified as an important intervention to minimize the incidence of unintentional medication discrepancies at transitions in care. However, there is a lack of evidence for the impact of information technology on the rate and incidence of medication discrepancies identified during care transitions. This systematic review was thus, aimed to evaluate the impact of electronic medication reconciliation interventions on the occurrence of medication discrepancies at hospital transitions. ⋯ Medication reconciliation supported by an electronic tool was able to minimize the incidence of medications with unintended discrepancy, mainly drug omissions. But, this did not consistently reduce other process outcomes, although there was a lack of rigorous design to conform these results.