ASC Durango (Colo.) recently underwent its first AAAHC survey and achieved accreditation. During the survey, it was brought to the attention of Cheryl Desko, RN, clinical director for the ASC, that ...

Jeannie Pezone, administrator at West Park Surgery Center in Pinellas Park, Fla., explains the process the surgery center uses to ensure medication reconciliation is achieved according to standards ...

Purpose: The effectiveness of a multidisciplinary medication reconciliation process was studied in an inpatient family medicine unit of an academic hospital center. Methods: In phase 1 of this ...

Pharmacy review, adherence counseling during discharge, and ongoing telephone follow up identify safety concerns, prove cost-effective, researchers find. Hospital-based medication reconciliation ...

The Joint Commission announced its 2009 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) and Elements of Performance (EP) yesterday. The biggest changes came in the form of new infection control requirements. "I ...

Bordeaux, France-based Synapse Medicine announced Tuesday that it has raised $28 million to scale a technology that helps to build a comprehensive and accurate list of medications that a patient is ...