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Medication-Related Readmissions: Documentation of the Medication Involved and Communication in the Care Continuum

Frontiers in pharmacology(2022)

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Background: Of all readmissions, 21% are medication-related readmissions (MRRs). However, it is unknown whether MRRs are recognized at the time of readmission and are communicated in the care continuum.Objectives: To identify the prevalence of MRRs that contain a documentation on the medication involved (and therefore are regarded as recognized), and the proportion of communicated MRRs.Setting: The study was performed in a teaching hospital.Methods: In a previous study, a multidisciplinary team of physicians and pharmacists assessed the medication-relatedness, the medication involved and preventability of unplanned readmissions from seven departments. In the current cross-sectional study, two pharmacy team members evaluated the patient records independently. An MRR was regarded as recognized when the medication involved was documented in patient records. An MRR was regarded as communicated to the patient and/or the next healthcare provider when the medication involved or a description was mentioned in discharge letters or discharge prescriptions. The relationship between documented MRRs and whether the MRR was preventable as well as the relationship between (un)documented MRRs and the length of stay (LOS) were assessed. Descriptive data analysis was used.Results: Of 181 included MRRs, 72 (40%) were deemed preventable by the multidisciplinary team. For 159 of 181 MRRs (88%), a documentation on the medication involved was present. Of 159 documented MRRs, 93 (58%) were communicated to patients and/or caregivers, 137 (86%) to the general practitioner, and 4 (3%) to the community pharmacy. The medication involved was documented less often for potentially preventable MRRs than for non-preventable MRRs (78 vs. 95%; p = 0.002). The LOS was longer for MRRs where the medication involved was undocumented (median 8 vs. 5 days; p = 0.062).Conclusion: The results of this study imply that MRRs are not always recognized, which could impact patients’ well-being. In this study an increased LOS was observed with unrecognized MRRs. Communication of MRRs to the patients and/or the next healthcare providers should be improved.
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hospital readmissions,preventability,medication-related problems,length of stay,quality of heathcare
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