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Medicine Reconciliation

Medicine reconciliation is an evidence-based process, which has been demonstrated to significantly reduce medication errors that occur at transition points of care (admission, transfer and discharge). The SMM implementation process follows the Plan – Do – Study – Act (PDSA) cycle for continuous quality improvement (CQI). This enables pilots to:

• Identify areas where improvement could be achieved
• Demonstrate that improvement is being achieved
• Demonstrate that improvement is being sustained

Goal

To complete the medicine reconciliation process for all patients at each transition point (within 24 hours of admission and transfer and at discharge) within and from secondary care.

Impact

To demonstrate a sustained reduction in discrepancies that have the potential to become medication errors or result in medication related harm to the patient.

There are guidance tools and training materials available from the SMM programme as part of being of being a pilot site within the medicine reconciliation workstream. Below is a sample of some of the materials available as part of the programme:

Medicine Reconciliation Standards [PDF 703KB]

Measuring and Reporting Framework Issue 2 April 2010

Module 2: MR Process [1.29 MB]

Poster 2

if you are interested in being a medicine reconciliation pilot site or obtaining extra education and training from SMM programme, contact

Nirasha Parsotam, Clinical Lead for Medicine Reconciliation and /or Amanda Ashcroft, Project Manager on aashcroft@safemedication.org.nz