Medication Reconciliation Inpatient Process: Admission Origin – Triage / Labor and Delivery Unit*

D M A I C

• Physician confirms home medications and indicates plan for meds in Med Profile Tab via Power Form

• Post-partum Nurse reconciles home medication list with patient and then with current orders via Power Form. Nurse flags patients on medications other than vitamins and stool softeners for priority pharmacist review

• Pharmacist reconciles home medications with current orders (task drops once nursing task is complete – patients on prescription medications prioritized)

• Physician updates Medication list and it is communicated to next care provider (includes PCP) via email, voicemail, fax or paper document

• Medication list must also be given to patient upon discharge

• Post-partum physician to place “discharge order” – “have reviewed patient’s home medication list in Med Profile Tab”

• Physician to update Med Profile Tab and to insert medications into Discharge Summary and Discharge Instructions

ADMISSION

TRANSFER DISCHARGE

• Nurse will complete Medication Reconciliation section of the Discharge Form and contact physician if Med Profile is not updated

• If applicable during patient’s hospital stay: inpatient physician places “transfer order” – “have reviewed current medications and reconciled with patient’s home medication list in Med Profile Tab”

• ICU Pharmacist to reconcile home medications with current medications upon transfer in and transfer out of the ICU

• Triage/Labor and Delivery Nurse documents home medications in Med Profile Tab (single shared medication list) via the Obstetrical Record form

• Home meds listed in Med Profile tab available for screening against any medications administered during delivery

*Process excludes patients seen and not admitted