Why the study?
Does a clinical pharmacist discharge service reduce medication discrepancies and prescription errors in patients with heart failure?
Population
Patients with heart failure
Follow-up
1 month after discharge
Authors
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Supports pharmacist discharge reviews in heart failure; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.
Does a clinical pharmacist discharge service reduce medication discrepancies and prescription errors in patients with heart failure?
A clinical pharmacist discharge service is effective in reducing medication discrepancies and prescription errors for heart failure patients in the vulnerable first month post-discharge.
Eggink et al. (2010) studied this question.
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