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cbayer

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1. IMHO, this is a huge problem.

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 01:31 PM

Jan 2012

One of the most frequent causes of ADE's is the lack of accurate information being shared by various medical caregivers.

It is rare that a patient has an accurate record of their current meds and even rarer that a medical provider will contact other providers to get that information.

And the older and sicker one gets, the more this becomes a problem.

Patients often leave the hospital with prescriptions from half a dozen doctors, many of whom have not really looked at what else the patient is being given.

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Reducing the Risk of Adverse Drug Events [View all] HuckleB Jan 2012 OP

IMHO, this is a huge problem. cbayer Jan 2012 #1

You're correct about disjointed records, and patients (people) should be... Scuba Jan 2012 #3

Excellent points all around. That is why we are in such desperate cbayer Jan 2012 #4

First, thanks for the correction. It was of course the IOM, not the Joint.... Scuba Jan 2012 #5

Sounds like you are a positive cog in the wheel, Scuba. cbayer Jan 2012 #6

Past tense.... Scuba Jan 2012 #7

That list is what I saw in years of practice. Warpy Jan 2012 #2

People forget that the "natural remedies" have side effects, too. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #8