Improving Medication History at Admission Utilizing Pharmacy Students and Technicians: A Pharmacy-Driven Improvement Initiative.

Abstract

This pharmacy-driven medication-history service, staffed with pharmacy technicians and students using a structured BPMH approach, increased the accuracy of home-medication lists on patient admission. The service demonstrated a difference in the types of interventions provided by pharmacy students and technicians. Readmission rates were also lower for patients with completed BPMH.