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Prescription And Over-The-Counter Medication Record Integration: A Holistic Patient-Centered Approach, Clark D. Kebodeaux

Pharmacy Practice and Science Faculty Publications

Objective: Nonprescription or over-the-counter (OTC) medications play a crucial role in a patient’s ability to make choices to manage his or her own health care. Often these nonprescription choices are unknown to health care practitioners and thus are often not included as part of patients’ health records. The exclusion of these therapies can pose risks to patient safety. There is a significant need to address the capture of OTC medication use in both the physician and pharmacy electronic health records (EHRs) and during the practitionerepatient medication history and reconciliation process.

Data sources: On October 26, 2016, the National Association of …