Necessity for a pathway for "high-alert" patients

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2018 Jul 1;75(13):993-997. doi: 10.2146/ajhp170397. Epub 2018 May 4.

Authors

Rita Shane^{1

2}, Kallie Amer³, Lydia Noh⁴, Donna Luong³, Steve Simons^{3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacy Services, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA shane@cshs.org.
² Clinical Pharmacy, UCSF School of Pharmacy, San Francisco, CA shane@cshs.org.
³ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
⁴ Department of Pharmacy Services, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
⁵ UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.

PMID: 29728356
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp170397

No abstract available

Keywords: discharge; high-risk patient; medication; readmissions; reconciliation; transitions.

MeSH terms

Humans
Medical Errors / prevention & control*
Medication Reconciliation
Patient Discharge
Patient Readmission
Patients*
Pharmacists
Pharmacy Service, Hospital
Risk Assessment