Medication Reconciliation: Process Overview and Reference Tool

Medication Reconciliation: Process Overview and Reference Tool is organized by UK HealthCare CECentral.,,Release: Jan 8, 2021,Expires: Jan 7, 2024,,Target Audience: Pharmacy Technicians,,Description:,Pharmacy technician-driven medication reconciliation has been shown to improve medication discrepancy identification and resolution in health systems. However, institutional medication history training for pharmacy technicians can be inconsistent and scarcely available within health systems, creating a barrier for pharmacy technicians to advance their practice. Literature has shown that pharmacy-technician obtained medication histories lead to better high-risk discrepancy identification and fewer medication reconciliation-related errors. Currently, this process is not led by the pharmacy team at every institution. It is our goal to provide a medication reconciliation tool and CE presentation to help pharmacy technicians advance their roles as medication reconciliation techs.,,Objectives:,Upon completion of this activity participants will be able to:,• Discuss the need and goals for advanced pharmacy technician medication reconciliation roles;,• Review the medication reconciliation process and how to conduct a patient interview;,• Explore the concept of using a medication reconciliation card deck tool to help prepare novice pharmacy technicians to find problem prone discrepancies in a medication history that might lead to medication errors or patient harm.