Medication Reconciliation for a Patient
Medication reconciliation is a review of patient adherence to prescribed medications.
Reconciliation can be performed by comparing two lists using the Electronic Reconciliation option or the Manual Reconciliation check box. This means you have a paper chart that you are comparing to the patient's current medication list, or you are documenting adherence to an existing medication list if there are no external sources to reconcile.
You can perform medication reconciliation in situations including, but not limited to, the following:
- New patients
- Periodically for established patients
- After a hospitalization or emergency department visit
- After care by another provider
- Whenever the provider thinks necessary
The Medication Review panel contains two grids.
- The Medication List - includes a list of current medications that need to be reviewed for the patient adherence to the prescribed medication.
- The Medication Review - includes a list of reviewed medications.
For more information on clinical reconciliation, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the Clinical Reconciliation Module User Guide forNextGen®Enterprise EHR.