Comparing the patient's current (home)medications with those ordered during hospitalization and communicating a complete list of medications to the next provider when the patient is transferred within an organization or to another setting are strategies to:

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These are steps recommended in the National Patient Safety Goals to reconcile medications across the continuum of care.Improving accuracy of patient identification is another National Patient Safety Goal.Preventing errors related to look-alike and sound-alike medications is done to improve medication safety,not medication reconciliation.Reducing harms associated with administration of anticoagulants is another National Patient Safety Goal.

Comparing the Patient's Current (Home)medications with Those Ordered During Hospitalization