Article By: Phil Kahn, Adirondack Health Institute Preventing harm from medications, or adverse drug events (ADEs), remains a top patient safety priority across the continuum of patient care. Implementing medication reconciliation during all care transition points has proven to be an effective strategy for preventing ADEs. Medication reconciliation is the process of creating the most accurate
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