Anette Vik Jøsendal
Norwegian Centre for E-health Research, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway / University of Oslo, Department of Pharmacy, Norway
Trine Strand Bergmo
Norwegian Centre for E-health Research, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Published in: SHI 2019. Proceedings of the 17th Scandinavian Conference on Health Informatics, November 12-13, 2019, Oslo, Norway
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 161:4, p. 18-23
Published: 2019-11-07
ISBN: 978-91-7929-957-6
ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
A shared electronic medication list is being piloted in Norway. By use of interviews and comparing medication records, we investigate how errors in current paper-based medication lists affect the creation of the shared electronic list. Of 367 patients, 88 % had discrepancies in their records between the GP, the home care service and dispensing pharmacy prior to start-up. Though the GPs experienced the medicines reconciliation and creation of the shared list very time consuming, the home care service and the pharmacy reported many errors in the first list created. Increased communication during the start-up will probably facilitate the trust in and use of the shared electronic medication list with further implementation.
Patient safety, Medication reconciliation, Shared medication list, Multidose drug dispensing
