In hospitalized adult patients at admission (P), does implementation of a standardized medication reconciliation process (I) reduce medication discrepancies and adverse drug events (C) when compared to usual admission practices (O)?

Critique of Articles on Reduction of Medication Errors Through Standardized Medication Reconciliation

PICO: In hospitalized adult patients at admission (P), does implementation of a standardized medication reconciliation process (I) reduce medication discrepancies and adverse drug events (C) when compared to usual admission practices (O)?

1. Conduct a literature search to find five peer-reviewed sources published within the last five years to answer your PICO question.

I suggest using your Intervention and Outcome variables as your search terms.

2. Compare and contrast the methodological strengths and weaknesses of the five selected articles.

Be sure to provide in-text citations for all of your articles to support your critique.

3. Provide an overall conclusion paragraph summarizing the strengths and weaknesses of the articles.

4. Include your APA references. 5. Post your article critique to the discussion thread below.