Decrease adverse drug events (ADEs) within our facility by increasing medication reconciliation at patient’s transfer into our facility to 90% within 6 months.
TEAM MEMBERS AND ROLES
Team Member Role/Importance
Medical Director Acts as the sponsor of the project and provides accountability for the team members. Serves as the executive link providing resources and helping the team overcome barriers. He is also the team's clinical leader because he has the authority to implement the change and understands the implications of the proposed changes to the system.
Pharmacist The pharmacist has technical expertise on drug therapy and can improve safety by identifying duplications in medication regime and possible medication interactions. Also serves to help review medications if a physician is not familiar with them.
Registered Nurse Serves as a project driver by …show more content…
 Post performance measure results and compliance results within the facilities.
SOLUTIONS / ACTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT
A. Conduct a medication reconciliation review.
A Medication Reconciliation Review is a process of examining closed patient records to identify errors related to unreconciled medications. This self-check would help us identify the area(s) where our current process is failing, and ensure our implementation plan will be tailored to our specific needs. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement recommends that organizations considering creating a medication reconciliation process use it as a tool for establishing a baseline of errors resulting from unreconciled medications.
B. Create a medication reconciliation policy to streamline the decision-making process.
This policy will be developed using the Joint Commission guidelines for medication reconciliation and would describe the guidelines we use. The Joint Commission guidelines for medication reconciliation is available in appendix B.
C. Create a standard medication reconciliation