Keep medicine information accurate across every handoff.
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If you develop chest pain, trouble breathing, a severe allergic reaction, confusion, uncontrolled bleeding, or any symptom that feels like an emergency, contact your local emergency services right …
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What Questions Should You Ask Before Hospital Discharge? Before you leave a hospital, nursing home, or other care setting, ask about your health condition, your medicine changes, your follow-up …
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To compare a discharge medication list with your usual medication list, check every medicine on both documents for four things: the drug name, the dose, how often it's taken, and any special …
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Medication reconciliation after hospital care means comparing the medicines you took before your stay against the medicines you're told to take afterward, so you and your care team can see exactly …