Journal article
A four-phase approach for systematically collecting data and measuring medication discrepancies when patients transition between health care settings
Research in social and administrative pharmacy, Vol.12(4), pp.548-558
07/2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2015.09.001
PMCID: PMC4846572
PMID: 26781670
Abstract
No methodological standards are available for researchers and clinicians to examine medication discrepancies between health care settings. Systematic methods of examining medication discrepancies will allow researchers and clinicians to better understand factors driving medication discrepancies, to better measure effects of medication reconciliation interventions, and to compare findings across studies.
This article proposes a four-phase approach for systematically collecting medication data and measuring medication discrepancies between a hospital and community pharmacies. Methodologic considerations related to studying medication discrepancies in health services research are also discussed.
A multi-disciplinary study team developed a four-phase systematic approach to improve quality of data and study rigor: 1) operationalization of a medication discrepancy, 2) acquiring medication data, 3) abstraction of medication data and creation of dataset, and 4) measuring and reporting medication discrepancies.
Using this phase-based approach, the study team successfully identified and reported medication discrepancies between a hospital and community pharmacies at the patient, medication, and community pharmacy units of analyses.
Systematically measuring medication discrepancies that occur in the care transitions process is a critical step as researchers, clinicians, and other stakeholders work to improve health care quality and patient outcomes. This article detailed how a phase-based approach can be used in research to examine medication discrepancies as well as address the complexity of collecting medication data and analyzing medication discrepancies. Such methods should be considered when developing, conducting, and reporting research on medication discrepancies.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A four-phase approach for systematically collecting data and measuring medication discrepancies when patients transition between health care settings
- Creators
- Korey A Kennelty - William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), 2500 Overlook Terrace, 11G, Madison, WI 53705, USAMatthew J Witry - The University of Iowa, College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, Iowa City, IA 52242, USAMichael Gehring - William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), 2500 Overlook Terrace, 11G, Madison, WI 53705, USAMelissa Dattalo - William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), 2500 Overlook Terrace, 11G, Madison, WI 53705, USANicole Rogus-Pulia - William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), 2500 Overlook Terrace, 11G, Madison, WI 53705, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Research in social and administrative pharmacy, Vol.12(4), pp.548-558
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.sapharm.2015.09.001
- PMID
- 26781670
- PMCID
- PMC4846572
- NLM abbreviation
- Res Social Adm Pharm
- ISSN
- 1551-7411
- eISSN
- 1934-8150
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000133, name: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, award: R36HS021984; name: Sonderegger Research Center; DOI: 10.13039/100006108, name: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, award: UL1TR000427
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2016
- Academic Unit
- Family and Community Medicine; Pharmacy Practice and Science; Injury Prevention Research Center; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984065310602771
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