What are some of the benefits of the Medication History for Acute Settings service?
Hospitals and other acute care facilities can utilize the Medication History for Acute service to securely access real-time patient medication history information for the purposes of medication reconciliation or medication management. The data provides accurate name and dosage of past/current patient medications which helps reduce time spent on the medication reconciliation process.
In addition, the service supports drug-to-drug or drug-allergy interaction checks, and reduces the potential for drug duplication. By providing access to more data, the service can support analysis of patient compliance with drug therapy, understanding of patient behavior, including frequency of prescription fills and numbers of physicians and pharmacies involved.
Benefits include:
- Improved patient safety
- Reduced Adverse Drug Events (ADEs)
- Better assessment of patient compliance with chronic medications
- Reduced hospital care costs
- Improved medication reconciliation process via consistent and reliable data from a trusted source
