Medicines reconciliation

Improving the Patient Experience With AI-Powered Medication History That Helps Streamline Admissions at Southlake Regional Health Centre

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
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VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Health technology pioneer DrFirst Healthcare Innovations has partnered with Southlake Regional Health Centre to pilot a ground-breaking new initiative to modernize how hospitals collect and confirm patients' medications within their MEDITECH Expanse electronic health record (EHR). Using DrFirst's MedHx powered by SmartSuite, Southlake clinicians now have instant access to information about patients' prescriptions directly from participating community pharmacies and the Ontario provincial drug information system, helping to improve the medication reconciliation process, reducing time spent on these activities by 64% overall, based on data DrFirst compiled during the pilot.

Key Points: 
  • Medication reconciliation is a vital patient safety practice that helps avoid medication errors and hospitalizations while lowering the length of stay.
  • In hospitals and health systems, medication reconciliation is performed when patients come to the emergency department and at transitions of care including patient admissions and discharge and is an important element in hospital accreditation.
  • As part of the process, clinicians collect patients' medication history to inform prescribing decisions and avoid errors.
  • "Congratulations to Southlake for piloting this initiative with DrFirst that reduces the amount of time spent on medication reconciliation while improving its safety," said Nick Palmieri, regional sales director, Canada, MEDITECH.

Study Finds That Accurate Medication History Data Combined with Pharmacist Expertise Reduces Medication Errors During Care Transitions

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Thursday, January 26, 2023
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ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharmacists discover and correct medication errors missed by other clinicians at hospital admission, according to a study by McLean Hospital, a leader in psychiatric care and affiliate of Harvard Medical School. The study, published this week in PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science, ONE), reveals that accurate medication history in combination with the expertise of pharmacists can help reduce medication errors during transitions of care.

Key Points: 
  • The study, published this week in PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science, ONE), reveals that accurate medication history in combination with the expertise of pharmacists can help reduce medication errors during transitions of care.
  • Medication reconciliation is a patient safety measure performed at transitions of care, such as hospital admission and discharge, to collect and confirm patients' medication history to help avoid errors and adverse drug events (ADEs).
  • For the study, prescribers had access to MedHx by DrFirst for patients' complete medication history to inform prescribing decisions.
  • Because omissions represent the second largest category of medication history errors (26%) which the study pharmacists corrected with information from MedHx, the authors conclude this underscores the importance of the medication history resource for TOC (transition of care) pharmacists.

Synapse Medicine raises $28M to scale its medication reconciliation platform

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
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Synapse Medicine is one of the top growing health tech startups in Europe, with a strong track record on medication reconciliation.

Key Points: 
  • Synapse Medicine is one of the top growing health tech startups in Europe, with a strong track record on medication reconciliation.
  • With Synapse Platform, healthcare professionals can rely on robust medication reconciliation technology to prevent medication errors and improve patient safety.
  • "At Synapse Medicine, we have developed a medication reconciliation solution that simplifies the process and reduces prescribing discrepancies at each transition.
  • This new funding round is an important milestone to further facilitate medication reconciliation and improve patient safety in the US," according to Dr. Clement Goehrs, Synapse Medicine CEO and Co-Founder.

Synapse Medicine Expands Its European Medication Reconciliation Business to the United States

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021
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Synapse Medicine has integrated FDB MedKnowledge, the most widely used drug database in the United States, and the FDB Interoperability Module into the Synapse Platform's medication reconciliation technology to ease clinical decision-making and improve patient safety.

Key Points: 
  • Synapse Medicine has integrated FDB MedKnowledge, the most widely used drug database in the United States, and the FDB Interoperability Module into the Synapse Platform's medication reconciliation technology to ease clinical decision-making and improve patient safety.
  • At Synapse Medicine, we have developed a medication reconciliation solution that simplifies the process and reduces prescribing discrepancies at transitions.
  • This collaboration with FDB represents an important milestone to further facilitate medication reconciliation in the U.S.," said Dr. Clement Goehrs, Synapse Medicine CEO and Co-Founder.
  • FDB is pleased to work with Synapse Medicine to bring effective medication reconciliation capabilities to more clinicians in the United States."

Audacious Inquiry and Surescripts Partner to Provide Patient Medication History Data to Medical Response Personnel during Declared Disasters

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Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Health sciences, Health, Pharmacy, Medical terminology, Health care quality, Clinical pharmacology, Adherence, Medicines reconciliation, Medical error

During emergencies such as hurricanes, pandemics, tornadoes, or terrorist attacks, impacted individuals and their families frequently receive medical care from providers or emergency response personnel outside their typical care network.

Key Points: 
  • During emergencies such as hurricanes, pandemics, tornadoes, or terrorist attacks, impacted individuals and their families frequently receive medical care from providers or emergency response personnel outside their typical care network.
  • "Most physicians already have access to complete and accurate patient medication history data when prescribing or during medication reconciliation," explained Ryan Hess, Vice President of Product Innovation at Surescripts.
  • Patient medication history data is a critical addition to the product and will bring life-sustaining information to clinical response personnel during declared emergencies.
  • Integration of Surescripts Medication History into PULSE Enterprise will enable emergency response personnel working in non-routine care settings to view patients' consolidated medication history lists during declared emergencies and reduce the opportunity for medical error or interruption in medication adherence.

DrFirst's Next-Generation SmartSig 2.0 Solution Improves the Quality of Medication History to Help Protect Patients from Adverse Drug Events

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Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Health, Articles, Pharmaceuticals policy, Clinical pharmacology, Pharmacy, Healthcare quality, Patient safety, Medicines reconciliation, Medical prescription

In an initial study with six health systems, SmartSig 2.0 further enhanced the quality of structured and codified sigs over the previous version.

Key Points: 
  • In an initial study with six health systems, SmartSig 2.0 further enhanced the quality of structured and codified sigs over the previous version.
  • On discharge, an estimated 66% of data is missing essential prescription instructions, or sigs, increasing the risk of adverse drug events that compromise patient safety.
  • DrFirst's SmartSig is incorporated into the company's MedHx solution, which provides more complete, clean, and consumable patient medication history for the medication reconciliation process.
  • "More importantly, SmartSig has the potential to reduce adverse drug events, which are blamed for more than 100,000 deaths per year."