Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

Findings

• Only 5.3% of patients had perfect agreement
• Omissions:
  • 1.3 medications per patient
  • 25% of all medications omitted
• Commissions:
  • 1.3 medications per patient
  • 12.6% of all medications not being taken
• 23% of Allergies and 64% of ADEs missing
• Impossible to have 100% accuracy all the time