Discrepancy between electronic medicine list, pharmacy delivery and patient reported medicine intake in Greenland
Medicine use is a cornerstone in the treatment of many conditions, but ill-use has the potential to harm the patient. Thus, accurate medication information is critical for patient care and safety. To investigate the association between participants’ reporting of using medicine daily, medicine list o...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e4a57a5722374f5ebbc12b04f61ec396 2023-05-15T15:06:45+02:00 Discrepancy between electronic medicine list, pharmacy delivery and patient reported medicine intake in Greenland Inaluk Kleist Stig Andersen 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1955493 https://doaj.org/article/e4a57a5722374f5ebbc12b04f61ec396 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1955493 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 2242-3982 doi:10.1080/22423982.2021.1955493 https://doaj.org/article/e4a57a5722374f5ebbc12b04f61ec396 International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 80, Iss 1 (2021) electronic medicine record pharmacy hand-outs self-reported interview elderly greenland Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1955493 2022-12-30T20:36:03Z Medicine use is a cornerstone in the treatment of many conditions, but ill-use has the potential to harm the patient. Thus, accurate medication information is critical for patient care and safety. To investigate the association between participants’ reporting of using medicine daily, medicine list on Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and number of medicines handed out. Thirty-seven elderly Greenlanders were included, representing three different locations in Greenland. They were interviewed on daily medicine intake. Medicine list and pharmacy delivery were retrieved from the EMR. The difference between the number of drugs recorded in the EMR and the number delivered by pharmacy increased with number of drugs prescribed (p<0.0001). Thirty participants claimed that they were on daily medicine, and the EMR was in accordance with the delivered recorded by the pharmacy in just five participants. Eight had no registered medicine delivery. Four of seven, who claimed not being on daily medicine, were on daily medicine according to EMR. We found distinct discrepancies between EMR medicine list, medicine delivery by pharmacy and patient self-reported medicine use. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health Greenland greenlander* International Journal of Circumpolar Health Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Greenland International Journal of Circumpolar Health 80 1 1955493 |
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Medicine use is a cornerstone in the treatment of many conditions, but ill-use has the potential to harm the patient. Thus, accurate medication information is critical for patient care and safety. To investigate the association between participants’ reporting of using medicine daily, medicine list on Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and number of medicines handed out. Thirty-seven elderly Greenlanders were included, representing three different locations in Greenland. They were interviewed on daily medicine intake. Medicine list and pharmacy delivery were retrieved from the EMR. The difference between the number of drugs recorded in the EMR and the number delivered by pharmacy increased with number of drugs prescribed (p<0.0001). Thirty participants claimed that they were on daily medicine, and the EMR was in accordance with the delivered recorded by the pharmacy in just five participants. Eight had no registered medicine delivery. Four of seven, who claimed not being on daily medicine, were on daily medicine according to EMR. We found distinct discrepancies between EMR medicine list, medicine delivery by pharmacy and patient self-reported medicine use. |
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Discrepancy between electronic medicine list, pharmacy delivery and patient reported medicine intake in Greenland |
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