From pre-admission to post-discharge, patients are in constant motion and continual transition. These transitions result in gaps in medication and allergy information that can lead to medication errors, patient non-compliance and poor quality care.

Harris Medication & Allergy Reconciliation gives physicians the most accurate medication profiles and allergy records possible to support patient safety, quality and coordinated care.

A better, safer patient experience

Reconciling medications/allergies at key transitions—admission, transfer, discharge and return visits to the PCP—enhances patient safety. Pre-visit medication lists increase physician-patient interaction time and patient discharge instruction lists improve at-home compliance.

• Build pre-admission patient medication lists

• Aggregate patient allergies recorded on multiple systems

• Support reconciliation at the outpatient setting

More informed clinical decisions

Harris  Medication & Allergy Reconciliation aggregates medication/allergy history from all available sources including EMR systems, healthcare information exchanges (HIEs), retail pharmacies and outpatient dispensing records, providing the most accurate possible medication profile to help physicians make correct clinical decisions. 

• Provide real-time views and updates of patient medication lists

• Match identical allergies recorded differently from the EMRs

• Alert the user of discrepancies to be reviewed

• Cross-reference to standard vocabulary

Better operational outcomes

By reducing the need for manual collection of medication histories, organizations optimize resource management. Harris  Medication & Allergy Reconciliation allows organizations to hone physician workflow by streamlining clinician time and effort.

• Group and organize medication lists to streamline reconciliation

• Use management reports to drive best practice.

• Update native systems in their local nomenclature for automated clinical decision support

• Ensure compliance with regulatory mandates

• Satisfy Stage 1 Meaningful Use criteria for "medication reconciliation" 170.302(i)

• Streamline a typical multiple step process into two clicks to reconcile patient allergies between systems