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Below are just two of the many articles in Home Healthcare Now about assuring safe medication processes in home healthcare:

Sheehan, O. C., Kharrazi, H., Carl, K. J., Leff, B., Wolff, J. L., Roth, D. L., … Boyd, C. M. (2018). Helping Older Adults Improve Their Medication Experience (HOME) by Addressing Medication Regimen Complexity in Home Healthcare. Home Healthcare Now, 36(1), 10. https://journals.lww.com/homehealthcarenurseonline/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2018&issue=01000&article=00003&type=Fulltext. Although this article reports on how an electronic medical record can improve medication safety, the points it highlights are as true in paper documentation as in electronic documentation.
Fuji, K. T., & Abbott, A. A. (2014). Ensuring Effective Medication Reconciliation in Home Healthcare. Home Healthcare Now, 32(9), 516. Available at https://journals.lww.com/homehealthcarenurseonline/Fulltext/2014/10000/Ensuring_Effective_Medication_Reconciliation_in.2.aspx This article highlights many of the points that Diane Mager makes in the free IHCNO webinar/recording, “Global Issues in Medication Management: Implications for Home Health Nurses.”

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