Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation

Many organizations are uncertain about how to proceed with designing a workable solution for medication reconciliation. This section provides helpful information and tools for designing or redesigning a medication reconciliation process.

 Building the Foundation for Your Medication Reconciliation Process Design

• Process design—should center on the concept of a single list to document patient's current medications ("one source of truth").
• Defining roles and responsibilities for medication reconciliation—determine which discipline(s) should be involved in each step of your medication reconciliation process, including their respective roles and responsibilities.
• Integrating medication reconciliation into your existing workflow—prompts to complete required steps for medication reconciliation are essential.

Medication Reconciliation Upon Admission: High-Level Process Map BEFORE Redesign

• Multiple, independent medication histories obtained from patient and documented throughout the medical record.
• No prompts to cross-reference documentation, which may be conflicting.

Medication Reconciliation Upon Admission: High-Level Process Map AFTER Redesign

Medication Reconciliation Upon Discharge: High Level Process Map AFTER Redesign

Your Current Medication List (Name___________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________ )

Please complete the following information. A registered nurse will review this list and update it, if needed, when you arrive for your surgery, procedure, or test.

ALLERGIES: None _____ (please check none) or list:

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