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Medication Management In A Primary Care Practice, Melissa Fowler
Medication Management In A Primary Care Practice, Melissa Fowler
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Improving medication management has become the 3rd National Patient Safety Goal. Medication errors cost $42 billion annually. A 5-month quality improvement project was conducted in a primary care clinic located in a south Texas metropolitan city to address medication reconciliation problems. The project improved medication management by implementing 7 tools to decrease preventable medication errors: One Source Medication List, staff knowledge pre- and post-tests, visual signs and staff badges, staff templates, Beers Criteria pocket guide, patient brochure, and a quality improvement tracking form. There were two objectives: 1. Staff would improve medication reconciliation documentation by 50%. 2. For patients 65 …