Benefits of Patient/Caregiver Engagement in Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Compared With Other Sources of Reporting in the Inpatient Setting: A Systematic Review.

Objectives: Clinicians learn from prior adverse events through pharmacovigilance allowing for improved medication safety in the medication use process; therefore, adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting needs to be maximized. This systematic review was conducted to determine whether engaging patients/caregivers in ADR reporting during a patient's hospitalization provides further information about ADRs not obtained from traditional sources of reporting (i.e.