Medication reconciliation is an effective process to reduce adverse drug events (ADEs) and harm associated with the loss of medication information, as patients/clients/ residents transfer among healthcare settings (community or hospital). It may prevent up to 70 per cent of all potential errors and 15 per cent of all adverse drug events. By looking at current processes, analyzing failures and correcting them, you can realize the benefits of medication reconciliation.

The Best Possible Medication History (BPMH) forms the basis of medication reconciliation in both acute and long term care. The BPMH documents all medications that a resident is currently taking, even though it may be different from what was actually prescribed. At each interface of care when the resident is being transferred from one healthcare facility/service to another, the BPMH should be compared to the resident’s medication orders.

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