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Medication discrepancies often occur when patients transition from hospital to home. Interventions aimed at identifying patients at greatest risk for medication discrepancies might reduce readmissions. To examine whether communication between primary care physicians (PCPs) and patients after discharge affected incidence of medication discrepancies, researchers at an Illinois hospital tested an intervention that involved reminding hospitalists to call PCPs before discharges and asked PCPs to call their patients within 24 hours after discharges.
Among 114 hospitalized patients who were taking ≥5 medications, 75 completed pre- and postdischarge interviews; half of patients had medication discrepancies between discharge lists and home medication…