The Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy Scripts: Improving the Accuracy of Patient Medication Lists: Performing Medication Reconciliation by Phone Prior to Appointments.

The purpose of this project was to utilize pharmacists and pharmacy students to perform comprehensive medication reconciliation by telephone prior to a patient's office visit with their primary care physician, to address any medication issues. The project's aims were to decrease polypharmacy, improve the accuracy of medication reconciliation, and to allow more time for the physician to meet with the patient. Patients were called prior to appointment and a thorough medication reconciliation was conducted including verification of current prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, and herbal supplements.

Neighborhood Characteristics are Associated with Racial and Gender Variation in Walking among Older Adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study.

Objective: To examine variation by race and gender in the association between neighborhood socioeconomic status and walking among community-dwelling older adults.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Setting: Cardiovascular Health Study, a longitudinal population-based cohort.