Medication Rounds: A Tool to Promote Medication Safety for Children with Medical Complexity

Christina R. Rojas, Astrela Moore, Alyssa Coffin, Christina McClam, Carly Ehritz, Annique Hogan, Jessica Hart, Meghan M. Galligan

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Abstract

Children with medical complexity (CMC) often have lengthy medication lists and are at risk of experiencing suboptimal medication management. This tool tutorial describes a novel and pragmatic strategy for the development and implementation of medication rounds, a model that promotes medication safety for hospitalized CMC. An interprofessional group designed and implemented a pharmacy-led medication rounding care model, in which clinicians and pharmacists partner weekly to conduct reviews of all patient medications on a general pediatrics CMC team using a comprehensive checklist. This approach fosters medication safety for hospitalized CMC and could be adapted to other complex inpatient populations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)226-234
Number of pages9
JournalJoint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
Volume49
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Leadership and Management

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