Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

JCAHO Reconciliation

• 63% of reported medication errors that resulted in injury caused by communication problems
• 50% of those avoidable through medication reconciliation
• Recommendation:
  • Put the medication list in a highly visible place ...
  • Reconcile medications at each visit
    • physicians, nurses should be involved.
  • Provide patient with a complete list of medications.