Medication Reconciliation
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The rate of unintentional medication discrepancies per medication.
Numerator
The total number of: • Unintended discrepancies in admission and discharge among the gold standard medications • Discrepancies due to unintentionally ordered additional medications
Denominator
The total number of: • Medications obtained by the pharmacist or certified pharmacy technician from the Gold Standard Medication History • Unintentionally ordered additional medications for the adult patients included in the sample on admission and/or discharge identified by the pharmacist
Exclusions
All hospitals should exclude patients under 18 years old, patients who were discharged or expired before the Gold Standard Medication History could be obtained, and patients that do not have discharge orders written during the reporting period.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Leapfrog Hospital Survey
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Publicly reported at: ratings.leapfroggroup.org/