AMCP Partnership Forum on Electronic Solutions to Medication Reconciliation and Improving Transitions of Care

Topic(s):

Medication Therapy Management (MTM) , Managed Care Practice Issues

In June 2013, the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) convened a Partnership Forum to explore how managed care pharmacy departments can work with their medication therapy management (MTM), ACO, community, and hospital pharmacists to collaborate in redesigning the Medication Reconciliation (MedRec) process for transitions f care. The Partnership Forum focused on electronic solutions to the MedRec process at admission and discharge, including the provision of key clinical assessment data. To make the discussion more meaningful, the discussion concentrated on CHF readmissions, since CHF is the leading contender for preventable readmissions.