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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Published in:International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Main Authors: Kleist, Inaluk, Andersen, Stig
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2021
Subjects:
Short Communication
Greenland
Circumpolar Health
greenlander*
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297401/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34286661
https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1955493
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spelling ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:8297401 2023-05-15T15:55:23+02:00 Discrepancy between electronic medicine list, pharmacy delivery and patient reported medicine intake in Greenland Kleist, Inaluk Andersen, Stig 2021-07-21 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297401/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34286661 https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1955493 en eng Taylor & Francis http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297401/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34286661 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1955493 © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC-BY-NC Int J Circumpolar Health Short Communication Text 2021 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1955493 2021-08-08T00:40:10Z 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. Text Circumpolar Health Greenland greenlander* PubMed Central (PMC) Greenland International Journal of Circumpolar Health 80 1 1955493
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Discrepancy between electronic medicine list, pharmacy delivery and patient reported medicine intake in Greenland
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description 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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title_full Discrepancy between electronic medicine list, pharmacy delivery and patient reported medicine intake in Greenland
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url http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297401/
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