Transition of care role
April 7, 2014
In a presentation at the 2014
American Pharmacists Association
annual meeting in Orlando,
Stephanie Kleyman, PharmD, spoke
about opportunities for pharmacists
in transitions of care, highlighting
that of the 1.5m medication errors
that harm patients each year,
approximately 60% occur during
transitions of care.
Drug Topics reported on the
congress saying that the National
Transitions of Care Coalition,
created in 2006 by a variety of
healthcare experts, has focused on
identifying challenges of transitions
in care and finding possible
solutions.
“One of its seven position
statements specifically says to
‘Expand the role of the pharmacists
in respect to medication
reconciliation,’ ” said Kleyman in
her presentation.
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