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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.
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