Integrating a Student Pharmacist Into the Home Healthcare Setting.

Patients in a transition of care are highly susceptible to health and medication errors. In many situations, patients are eager to go home and providers are expected to discharge quickly. It is in this time of documented vulnerability that an increase in adverse effects related to poor health literacy, medication usage, and a lack of documentation occurs.

Medication Discrepancies and Associated Risk Factors Identified in Home Health patients.

Medication discrepancies can place patients at increased risk for adverse drug events. We sought to determine the frequency, type, and reason for medication discrepancies in patients receiving home healthcare following hospital discharge. We conducted a retrospective, observational study of adults discharged from an academic medical center who received home healthcare following hospital discharge from one affiliated home healthcare agency.