Are you kidding me?
My mouth just dropped open. It’s obvious to me that physicians do NOT read medication reconcilliation forms for home meds at all. The ones that do, kudos, but the ones that don’t make my job more interesting and at times really get to me.
Case-in-point: 50-something presenting to the hospital with lower GI bleed.
The doctor signed off to CONTINUE HER HOME MED OF PHENTERMINE FOR WEIGHT LOSS. Are you kidding me?
I guess the nurse could have written “Purina Dog Chow - take one cup by mouth daily” and the physician would have signed off on it.
Way to go Joint Commission on putting in a requirement with no means of adhering to any sort of THINKING for anyone involved.
Except for the pharmacist of course to wade through the BS and find what is really needed.
Filed under: Thoughts | Tagged: Home meds, hospital, hospital pharmacy, joint commission, Medications
Haaahhhaa, the handwriting of the current doc I’m trying to decipher could be that as well.
My sister, a nurse, said, “Without pharmacy, the whole healthcare system would collapse.” I think she meant that, without our oversight, the patients would have Purina Dog Chow delivered to their hospital room by the 10 kg bagful. JCAHO means well, but, like Congress, they pass down unfunded mandates.