What are the steps of medication reconciliation?

Medication reconciliation involves a three-step process: verification (collecting an accurate medication history); clarification (ensuring that the medications and doses are appropriate); and reconciliation (documenting every single change and making sure it “squares” with all the other medication information).

When Should medicines reconciliation be completed?

GPs should undertake medicines reconciliation within 1 week, and should not issue new prescriptions or supplies of medicines before medicines reconciliation is complete. General practices may also liaise with community pharmacies about any medicines discharge information the pharmacies receive.

Who is required to do a medication reconciliation?

The EP who receives a patient from another setting of care or provider of care or believes an encounter is relevant should perform medication reconciliation. The EP performs medication reconciliation for more than 50 percent of transitions of care in which the patient is transitioned into the care of the EP.

Is there a CPT code for medication reconciliation?

CPT II code 1111F is described as discharge medications reconciled with the current medication list in outpatient medical record.

When should the nurse perform medication reconciliation for a patient?

Medication reconciliation can be considered complete when each drug the patient is taking has been actively continued, discontinued, held, or modified at each transition point”. Transitions in care include changes in setting, service, practitioner or level of care (IHI, 2015).

Can a nurse perform medication reconciliation?

Upon receipt of the information from the pharmacy, the nurse can be required to reconcile the list from the patient and the pharmacy with new medications ordered by the physician upon admission. This is a process that must be completed by the physician/prescriber.