Drug related problems after discharge from an Australian teaching hospital.

Objective: To reconcile patients' medicines and to classify drug related problems identified during medication review conducted after discharge from hospital.

Setting: Patients were discharged from the cardiology unit of Westmead Hospital after recruitment into the Westmead Medicines Project which ran from 2004 to 2007.

Method: This retrospective study involved an analysis of drugs, diseases and drug related problems in medication review reports available for 76 out of 85 patients who received a Home Medicines Review (HMR).

Quality patient care and pharmacists' role in its continuity--a systematic review.

Background: Continuity of care is important for the delivery of quality health care. Despite the abundance of research on this concept in the medical and nursing literature, there is a lack of consensus on its definition. As pharmacists have moved beyond their historical product-centered practice, a source of patient-centered research on continuity of care for practice application is required.