Authors
Pavani Rangachari, Kevin C Dellsperger, David Fallaw, Ian Davis, Michael Sumner, Walter Ray, Shashana Fiedler, Tran Nguyen, R Karl Rethemeyer
Publication date
2019/4/1
Journal
Quality Management in Healthcare
Volume
28
Issue
2
Pages
84-95
Publisher
LWW
Description
Background:
In an effort to reduce medication discrepancies during transitions of care and improve accuracy of the patient's medication list, AU Health conducted a study to identify a comprehensive set of issues related to electronic health record (EHR) medication reconciliation (MedRec) from the perspective of practitioners directly involved in the EHR MedRec process.
Methods:
An exploratory mixed-method design was used. The 2-round study included 15 individual interviews, followed by a survey of 200 practitioners (ie, physicians, nurses, and pharmacists) based in the outpatient and inpatient medicine service at AU Health.
Results:
Thematic analysis of interview data identified 55 issue items related to EHR MedRec under 9 issue categories. The survey sought practitioners' importance rating of all issue items identified from interviews. A total of 127 (63%) survey responses were received. Factor analysis served to …
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