Rachel Donnelly, Andrew Springer
Parental social support, ethnicity, and energy balance-related behaviors in ethnically diverse, low-income, urban elementary schoolchildren
Journal of nutrition education and behavior
transitions care toc coordination continuity health care patient transfers different settings include wide range services medication reconciliation patient counseling bedside delivery medications others meet individual patient needs pediatric population patients increased risk potential medication errors subsequent harm owing reduced patient caregiver health literacy limited dosage form availability errors medication administration use toc services time hospital discharge population potential make positive impact patient safety treatment medical conditions primary objective study determine whether patientperceived understanding homegoing medications greater patients andor caregivers received medication bedside delivery education pharmacyled toc service large pediatric academic medical center secondary objective determine whether primary practice area pharmacist providing medication education led changes understanding homegoing medications using institutionwide patient satisfaction surveys january 1 2021 december 31 2021 patient caregiver responses queried 2 questions homegoing medications relating understanding administration potential adverse effects patients divided 2 groups depending toc services received documented electronic medical record emr survey responses 2 questions categorized topbox percentage study group hypothesis testing study groups primary secondary outcomes conducted using chisquared tests alpha 005 statistical analyses conducted using sas version 94 1159 patients included study 441 received toc services deemed intervention group 718 receive toc services deemed control group intervention control group asked understanding medication administration 9637 versus 9318 patients p 0007 gave favorable response yes definitely respectively furthermore 7851 versus 7744 patients p 0053 gave favorable response asked understanding potential medication adverse effects respectively patients receiving toc services member pharmacy team greater score understanding medication administration adverse effects furthermore greater score consistent among education provided inpatient outpatient pharmacist