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Medication discrepancies across multiple care transitions: A retrospective longitudinal cohort study in Italy.

Marco BonaudoMaria MartoranaValerio DimonteAlessandra D'AlfonsoGiulio ForneroGianfranco PolitanoMaria Michela Gianino
Published in: PloS one (2018)
This study suggests that an integrated health care system, such as Italian system, may influence the prevalence of discrepancies, thus highlighting the need for structured multidisciplinary and, if possible, computerized medication reconciliation to prevent medication discrepancies and improve the quality of medical documentation.
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