Introducing our speakers
Bernadette Rehman
speech abstract
Timely Communication of discharge medications to Primary Care
Errors in the prescribing of medications for patients being discharged from hospital may contribute to problems to in the continuity of care of the patient. The literature reports an error rate of 6% to 36%. An audit in 2002 at Waitemata DHB highlighted poor standards in prescribing medications on discharge and not much pharmacist involvement in the discharge process. An integrated pharmaceutical care model was thus developed and implemented at our hospital to reduce the number of drug related problems on admission and discharge, minimise error and maximise therapeutic outcomes.
I will explain the pharmaceutical care model, our pharmacists current involvement in the discharge process as well as or future directions.
biography
Bernadette is the Clinical Pharmacist Team Leader at Waitakere hospital, where she manages the clinical pharmacy services as part of Waitemata DHB. She has extensive hospital pharmacy experience, of which 7 years have been spent in hospital pharmacy in New Zealand – a large amount of work pioneered in the safe medication practice for elderly patients on discharge and liaison with primary care.
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