Medication Reconciliation in the Hospital: What, Why, Where, When, Who and How?

Authors from the University of Toronto take a closer look at medicine reconciliation in this Healthcare Quarterly article. They believe that the medicine reconciliation process is all too often regarded as a superficial administrative accounting task and argue that to reduce the harm caused by medication errors hospitals should invest in a more robust and effective strategy.

In this article they focus on the key practical questions regarding elements of an effective medicine reconciliation process:

• What it should consist of.
• Where and when it should occur.
• Who should carry it out.
• How hospitals should implement it.