Medication accuracy and general practitioner referral letters
- 10 February 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Internal Medicine Journal
- Vol. 36 (2), 132-134
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01022.x
Abstract
Prescriber medication communication is a Quality Use of Medicines barrier. Medication information in General Practice (GP) referral letters to a physician was evaluated. Accuracy of medications taken and drug dose was respectively 63% and 84%, an overall accuracy rate of 58%. Complementary/over-the-counter medication documentation occurred in 26% of the letters. To avoid medical mismanagement, physicians must validate all GP medication lists regardless of their apparent comprehensiveness.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- A Quality Use of Medicines program for continuity of care in therapeutics from hospital to communityThe Medical Journal of Australia, 2002
- Reducing Adverse Drug Events: Lessons from a Breakthrough Series CollaborativeThe Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement, 2000