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Interventions in seamless care.

Anneke D Booij·Willem O de Boer·Mirjam E A P Kokenberg·Th F J Tromp
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate whether good collaboration between community pharmacists and hospital pharmacists prevents medication errors. These errors might occur when a patient is discharged from hospital. Both disciplines can complement each other in medication management for the patient. METHOD: The documented interventions of eight teams consisting of a community pharmacist and a hospital pharmacist, were collected and interpreted with a focus on structural problems and also on positive and negative items, that could influence the intensive collaboration between both disciplines. RESULTS: The registered interventions can be grouped into five categories. Most interventions were registered in the category where the major problem is a lack of communication with the patient. Due to collaboration between the hospital and community pharmacist, all identified problems were resolved properly. CONCLUSION: When communication between community and hospital pharmacists is optimised, patients will face fewer problems with their medication when they are discharged from hospital.

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CommunicationCooperative BehaviorDrug PrescriptionsMedication ErrorsOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient DischargePatient-Centered CarePharmaciesPharmacistsPharmacy Service, HospitalJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Anneke D Booij, Willem O de Boer, Mirjam E A P Kokenberg, Th F J Tromp. 2003. Interventions in seamless care.. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1023249031578

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