Medication History for Reconciliation reduces errors during care transitions

As the second largest health system in Alabama, Huntsville Hospital Health System treats more than 1,400 patients each day. To improve patient safety during admissions and discharges, they launched a Pharmacy Transitions of Care team and equipped staff with Surescripts Medication History for Reconciliation in order to quickly and accurately confirm patients’ medication histories. As a result, in 2023 the team reported that they’d eliminated the vast majority of errors from the medication reconciliation process.

reduction in medication history errors

98.9%

Because of the work of the Transitions of Care team and use of Surescripts, our doctors and nurses feel much more secure about the medication list when performing admission reconciliation and when discharging patients.

Joseph Ho, Pharm.D. Clinical Pharmacist Education Lead, Huntsville Hospital