Impact of an Outpatient Pharmacist Intervention on Medication Discrepancies and Health Care Resource Utilization in Posthospitalization Care Transitions

• Main Authors: Emily M. Hawes (Author), Whitney D. Maxwell (Author), Sarah F. White (Author), Jesica Mangun (Author), Feng-Chang Lin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose: Medication errors related to hospital discharge result in rehospitalization and emergency department (ED) visits, yet no systematic approach has been implemented nationally to decrease these medication errors. Pharmacist involvement during postdischarge transitions of care may be an importa...