Medication Reconciliation at the Outpatient Clinic

Description

The guideline "Overdracht van medicatiegegevens in de keten" stipulates that, in order to enhance patient safety, healthcare providers must have accurate information when prescribing, modifying, or discontinuing medication. In practice, this is achieved through a medication reconciliation process. Given the high volume of patients attending outpatient clinics, it is not practically feasible to conduct medication reconciliation for all patients. Therefore, it is highly desirable to establish a selective medication reconciliation process. This process should prioritize patients who would derive the greatest benefit from medication reconciliation and who are consequently at a higher risk if it is not conducted.

Phase 1: This section of the research examines the feasibility of predicting, in advance, whether medication reconciliation is relevant for outpatient patients based on patient-specific, medication-related, and/or specialty-dependent characteristics. The findings of this study are intended to contribute to the development of an algorithm that determines, at the individual patient level, whether medication reconciliation is necessary and to what extent it should be performed.

Phase 2: Based on the analyzed data from Phase 1, an algorithm has been developed using machine learning. In this phase of the research, the algorithm is being validated to assess whether it is more effective than a physician in predicting the relevance of medication reconciliation.

Who is the principal investigator? 

Drs. Veronique Hilhorst

Team

Sabeth Spronk, MSc.
Rianne Janssen, BSc.

Who is collaborating?

Various specialties in the outpatient clinic

Relevant link

Overdracht van medicatiegegevens in de keten

Contact for general questions

Drs. Veronique Hilhorst (veronica.hilhorst@mumc.nl)