How Beth Israel audits medication reconciliation

At Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, auditing medication reconciliation is a Joint Commission requirement, and also a pay-for-performance goal. In this article, John Halamka, MD, CIO at BIDMC, talks about how the facility reconciles medication for the emergency department, inpatient and outpatient departments. The key to his efforts is to make sure the staff documents a complete med list at every transition and communicates that list to the next provider. Article [1]