Telepharmacy Improves Med Rec Program

Christopher Dailey, PharmD, director of pharmacy at F.F. Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua, N.Y., talks with Linda Bernstein, PharmD, about their medication reconciliation program in the emergency department, which takes advantage not only of the onsite pharmacy team, but also off-site pharmacists through the use of telepharmacy. After hours, the off-site pharmacists' goal is to review and verify the medication lists within 24 hours of admission, but many are reconciled before admission orders