IPD: Clinical Charting

Medication Reconciliation

Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists med-reconciliation admission transfer discharge discrepancies

Medication Reconciliation (ipd/pages/med_reconciliation.php) is a structured review comparing a patient's medications at admission, transfer, or discharge, specifically designed to catch omissions and discrepancies (e.g., a home medication that was accidentally dropped, or a dose that changed without documentation). Requires ipd_nursing_charts.

Step-by-step

  1. Go to Medication Reconciliation for the admission, and choose the reconciliation type: admission, transfer, or discharge.
  2. List out the patient's medications, marking each with an action (continue, stop, modify, or flagged as a discrepancy).
  3. Confirm whether allergies were reviewed as part of this reconciliation.
  4. Add notes explaining any discrepancies found.
  5. Save — at least one medication must be listed to save the reconciliation.

Common issues & fixes

the form requires at least one medication entry before saving.
flagging alone doesn't resolve it; make sure the prescribing doctor is notified and the medication order is corrected where needed.
requires ipd_nursing_charts.

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