MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT AND
PATIENT-CENTERED CARE GUIDE PREMIUM
REVIEW COLLECTION 2026 TESTED CONTENT
◉ Medication Therapy Management (MTM). Answer: A service that
optimizes therapeutic outcomes for patients through improved
medication use.
◉ Purpose of a Med Rec. Answer: Serves to minimize medication
errors such as therapeutic duplications, unintended omissions,
incorrect use of medications, drug-drug interactions, and drug-
disease contraindications.
◉ Governing Bodies for Med Rec. Answer: Institute for Healthcare
Improvement (IHI), The Joint Commission, Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality.
◉ Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Answer: Medication
reconciliation remains the top targeted intervention to prevent
adverse drug events.
◉ The Joint Commission. Answer: Accurate and complete
reconciliation of medications across the continuum of care is a
National Patient Safety Goal since 2005.
, ◉ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Answer: Devised a
medication reconciliation toolkit.
◉ Settings Where a Med Rec is Performed. Answer: Hospital,
Emergency department, Admission, Discharge, Primary care
physician's office, Specialist physician's office, Nursing home,
Community pharmacy.
◉ When Should a Med Rec Be Performed?. Answer: Any point the
patient is transitioned from one place to another, considered
'transitions of care'.
◉ Who Should Perform a Med Rec?. Answer: Nurses, pharmacists,
pharmacy students, pharmacy technicians, physicians, medical
assistants can perform a med rec.
◉ Clinical Study Findings. Answer: In a study, 832 patients received
some form of a medication reconciliation at discharge; 265 out of
431 patients with a standard discharge summary had at least 1
documented error (61.5%), while 60 out of 401 patients with a med
rec completed by a pharmacist had at least 1 documented error
(15%).
PATIENT-CENTERED CARE GUIDE PREMIUM
REVIEW COLLECTION 2026 TESTED CONTENT
◉ Medication Therapy Management (MTM). Answer: A service that
optimizes therapeutic outcomes for patients through improved
medication use.
◉ Purpose of a Med Rec. Answer: Serves to minimize medication
errors such as therapeutic duplications, unintended omissions,
incorrect use of medications, drug-drug interactions, and drug-
disease contraindications.
◉ Governing Bodies for Med Rec. Answer: Institute for Healthcare
Improvement (IHI), The Joint Commission, Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality.
◉ Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Answer: Medication
reconciliation remains the top targeted intervention to prevent
adverse drug events.
◉ The Joint Commission. Answer: Accurate and complete
reconciliation of medications across the continuum of care is a
National Patient Safety Goal since 2005.
, ◉ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Answer: Devised a
medication reconciliation toolkit.
◉ Settings Where a Med Rec is Performed. Answer: Hospital,
Emergency department, Admission, Discharge, Primary care
physician's office, Specialist physician's office, Nursing home,
Community pharmacy.
◉ When Should a Med Rec Be Performed?. Answer: Any point the
patient is transitioned from one place to another, considered
'transitions of care'.
◉ Who Should Perform a Med Rec?. Answer: Nurses, pharmacists,
pharmacy students, pharmacy technicians, physicians, medical
assistants can perform a med rec.
◉ Clinical Study Findings. Answer: In a study, 832 patients received
some form of a medication reconciliation at discharge; 265 out of
431 patients with a standard discharge summary had at least 1
documented error (61.5%), while 60 out of 401 patients with a med
rec completed by a pharmacist had at least 1 documented error
(15%).
