Medication errors ( · adults
Medication reconciliation showed no clear difference in medication errors ( compared with no medication reconciliation (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adherence · any physician, and any patient treated for chronic diseases with long‐term medication use
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low
Processes of care Rate of medication change (medication discontinued, added, replaced), proportion of visits with appropriate management of uncontrolled hypertension, patient rating (quality of care, duration of the visit, communication with physi... · any physician, and any patient treated for chronic diseases with long‐term medication use
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low
Medication errors ( · adults
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
11504 participants
Very low
Medication errors ( · adults
Medication reconciliation: pharmacist may leads to lower medication errors ( compared with other professionals (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
≥ 1 medication discrepancy per participant (dichotomous) · all patients (aged > 18 years) at a transition of care
It is very uncertain whether medication reconciliation interventions changes ≥ 1 medication discrepancy per participant (dichotomous) compared with standard care (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Discrepancies per participant medication · all patients (aged > 18 years) at a transition of care
2 findings from 1 review
Medication errors ( · adults
It is very uncertain whether medication reconciliation: multimodal intervention changes medication error ( compared with usual care (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 0.92 [0.87, 0.97]
1648 participants
Very low
Medication errors ( · adults
It is very uncertain whether medication reconciliation by trained pharmacist technician changes medication errors ( compared with pharmacist (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
ADEs ( · adults
Medication reconciliation probably leads to lower ADEs ( compared with no medication reconciliation (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Mortality during hospitalisation ( · adults
It is very uncertain whether medication reconciliation changes mortality during hospitalisation ( compared with no medication reconciliation (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Length of stay · adults
1 finding from 1 review
Quality of life (VAS 0‐10; EQ‐5D‐3L) ( · adults
1 finding from 1 review
Discrepancy resolution ( · adults
Medication reconciliation probably leads to higher discrepancy resolution ( compared with no medication reconciliation (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Death (any cause) (median · hospitalised adult patients
Medication review showed no clear difference in mortality (all‐cause) Median compared with standard care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Hospital readmission · hospitalised adult patients
Medication review probably leads to lower hospital readmission (all‐cause) Median compared with standard care (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
ED visits · hospitalised adult patients
Medication review showed no clear difference in hospital emergency department contacts (all‐cause) Median compared with standard care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Health‐related quality of lifeg Median · hospitalised adult patients
It is very uncertain whether medication review changes health‐related quality of lifeg Median compared with standard care (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Patient outcomes Lipid levels, HbA1C level, HIV viral load, number of major atherosclerosis disease events · any physician, and any patient treated for chronic diseases with long‐term medication use
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low
Health resource use Rate of hospitalisations, rate of emergency department encounters, rate of outpatient encounters, rate of oral steroid use · any physician, and any patient treated for chronic diseases with long‐term medication use
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low