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1University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA. krileylawless@aol.com
Purpose:
This study aims to discover family-identified barriers to providing medication information, family ability to provide medication information, and family suggestions to improve the medication reconciliation process.
Design And Methods:
One hundred families with a child with a chronic condition on daily-prescribed medication completed a 10-question survey.
Results:
Families identified not knowing, forgetting, and ability to provide information as the main reasons for not bringing medication. Half of the families that did not bring medication could not provide complete information. Families wanted to be reminded multiple times in different ways.
Practice Implications:
Many families are unable to provide complete medication information.
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