Pharmacist-Led Discharge Medication Counseling and its Corresponding Impact on Medication Adherence and Hospital Readmission Rates

Objectives: Pharmacists have been shown to reduce hospital readmission rates and improve adherence rates by providing discharge medication counseling and offering services such as a bedside delivery program.1 Hospitals are now penalized by Medicare if patients are readmitted within 30 days of discha...

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Main Authors: Savannah Cunningham, Joshua D. Kinsey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2020-08-01
Series:INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy
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Online Access:https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/innovations/article/view/3352