Re-thinking Discharge Pharmacy services at a pediatric hospital: identifying patients at risk for low medication literacy and using the right tools to deliver medication instructions.

• In: Medication literacy, mothers and children on Tuesday, 12 September 2017, 14:30-17:30
• At: Seoul (South Korea) (2017)
• Type: Presentation
• By: POULIOT, Annie (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Pharmacy, Ottawa, Canada)
• Co-author(s): Annie Pouliot:
  Regis Vaillancourt: Pharmacy, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada
  
• Abstract:

  It has been estimated that 30% of all hospital discharges are delayed for non-medical reasons. Identifying certain patients at higher risk for low medication literacy and delays at discharge could ultimately help improve the discharge process. Re-engineering Discharge Services and including pharmacists in the process has the potential to improve

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