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Summary Keys for Success
- Pharmacist and Physician champions
- Electronic or paper format
- Team accountability
- Involvement of patient/family
- Health literacy and social support
- Discharge counseling
- Communication to primary care or SNF and outpatient pharmacy
- Follow-up phone call
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