PHA Medication Reconciliation Tool Kit

Georgia Uniform Patient Medication Card

• Example 1
  • Adobe PDF version
  • Microsoft Word version
• Example 2 - Adobe PDF version

National - Medication Reconciliation Card:

• My Medicine Record (FDA)

Medication Reconciliation is the process of matching a patient's medication order to all of the medications that patient is taking, in turn, reducing the potential for medical errors and patient harm associated with mishandling of medication information of a patient.

According to the Joint Commission, "This reconciliation is done to avoid medication errors such as omissions, duplications, dosing errors, or drug interactions. It should be done at every transition of care in which new medications are ordered or existing orders are rewritten. Transitions in care include changes in setting, service, practitioner or level of care. This process comprises five steps: 1) develop a list of current medications; 2) develop a list of medications to be prescribed; 3) compare the medications on the two lists; 4) make clinical decisions based on the comparison; and 5) communicate the new list to appropriate caregivers and to the patient."

Medication Reconciliation

• Safety Alert
• The Joint Commission Interpretive Guidelines
• Medication Reconciliation Note
• Home Medication Reconciliation Orders
• Home Medication Reconciliation Orders Instructions for Use, page 2
• Medication Reorder Form
• Discharge Prescriptions
• Patient Safety Brochure
• Medication Card Presentation - for use with staff or community to explain the reasons for and how to use the Georgia Uniform Patient Medication Card (Notes for presentation included)

State Medication Reconciliation Programs

• Medication Reconciliation - Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors
• Medication Reconciliation Toolkit - South Carolina Hospital Association

For more information on the Safe Medication Use Sub Committee please email us at: pha@gha.org