Medication Reconciliation, Second Edition

Practical Strategies and Tools for Joint Commission Compliance

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Tired of medication reconciliation headaches? Your remedy is here!

Inadequate reconciliation is a significant source of preventable medication errors nationwide.

Most hospitals have implemented medication reconciliation plans, but are still struggling with obstacles such as lack of communication, resistance to change, and evolving standards and regulations.

Is medication reconciliation a headache for your organization?

It’s been several years since The Joint Commission made medication reconciliation a National Patient Safety Goal, but it’s not getting any easier, as facilities adopt electronic forms and The NPSG continues to evolve. Furthermore, since that time, they have made significant changes to the scoring and the goal itself.

Fully updated for 2008, Medication Reconciliation: Practical Strategies and Tools for Joint Commission Compliance, Second Edition, gives you best practices, step-by-step guidance, forms, and advice to:

• Reduce medication errors
• Streamline the process
• Boost compliance
• Fine tune policies and tools
• Address problem areas
• Comply with the latest Joint Commission and CAMH standards

With the help of this book and bonus CD-ROM, you will:

• Learn from the best practices of your peers
• Obtain buy-in from physicians and directors
• Train staff in all areas
• Build an effective team approach
• Improve documentation
• Gather quality data

Who will benefit from this helpful resource?

  • Hospitals
  • Healthcare systems
  • Pharmacies
  • Quality improvement
  • Patient Safety
  • Survey Committee
  • Chief Nursing Officer
  • Director/VP of Nursing
  • Quality Manager/Director
  • Pharmacy staff/director
  • Risk Manager
  • Survey Committee leader/team member

About the authors…

Kristine Gleason, RPh, Clinical Quality Leader at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago.

Molly McDaniel, PhrmD, Research Pharmacist Coordinator on the Patient Safety Team in the Division of Quality and Operations at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago.

Comply with The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal and relevant CAMH standards—order Medication Reconciliation, Second Edition, today!

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Publisher :  HCPro, Inc
 
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Fully updated for 2008 this book gives you best practices, step-by-step guidance, forms, and advice to, reduce medication errors, streamline the process, boost compliance, fine tune policies and tools and comply with the latest Joint Commission and CAMH standards.
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ORDER CODE: MRPST2
SOURCE CODE: EALTCN
ISBN: 978-1-60146-196-4
PUBLISHED: 04/25/2008

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