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An attending physician is finalizing discharge paperwork for a 62-year-old woman who recently suffered a non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. During the hospitalization, the patient's daily medication regimen was significantly modified: her pre-admission dose of metoprolol succinate was increased, ticagrelor and aspirin were initiated, and her daily over-the-counter ibuprofen was explicitly discontinued due to a heightened risk of gastrointestinal bleeding. The physician hands the patient a printed list of her new prescriptions and briefly explains that she should take the new blood thinners daily. Three weeks later, the patient is readmitted with melena and symptomatic anemia. She reports taking her new medications faithfully, alongside all her 'usual at-home pills,' which includes the ibuprofen. Which of the following transition-of-care strategies is the most appropriate systemic approach to prevent this patient's adverse event?

  1. Utilizing the teach-back method while reviewing a unified list of both continued and discontinued medicationsCevap
  2. B
    Mandating a follow-up appointment with her primary care provider within 48 hours of discharge
  3. C
    Transmitting the electronic discharge summary directly to the patient's preferred community pharmacy
  4. D
    Instructing the patient to discard all previously dispensed pill bottles currently stored at her home
  5. E
    Adding a prophylactic proton pump inhibitor to the patient's discharge medication regimen

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Utilizing the teach-back method while reviewing a unified list of both continued and discontinued medications
The adverse event in this scenario is a classic example of incomplete medication reconciliation during a transition of care. When patients are discharged, simply providing a list of newly prescribed medications is a common systemic vulnerability. A robust transition-of-care protocol requires providing a unified discharge document that explicitly outlines which pre-admission medications to continue, which to alter, and which to permanently discontinue. Furthermore, utilizing the teach-back method—asking the patient to explain back the instructions in their own words—is proven to identify comprehension gaps and significantly reduce post-discharge adverse drug events.

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1
Identify the root cause of the patient's readmission.
The patient experienced an adverse drug event (gastrointestinal bleeding) due to inadvertently continuing a contraindicated home medication (ibuprofen) alongside new antiplatelets.
Understanding the exact mechanism of the error is required to select the appropriate systemic intervention.
2
Evaluate the physician's discharge handoff process for vulnerabilities.
The physician only provided a list of new prescriptions and gave a brief verbal instruction, failing to explicitly address discontinued home medications or verify patient understanding.
Identifying the specific handoff omission highlights the target for systemic improvement.
3
Select the most effective transition-of-care strategy to mitigate this specific vulnerability.
Providing a unified medication list (explicitly noting discontinued drugs) and verifying comprehension via the teach-back method serves as the standard safeguard.
This strategy directly resolves both informational gaps and health literacy barriers at the point of discharge.

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Effective medication reconciliation during hospital discharge requires providing patients with a unified document explicitly stating which home medications to continue, change, or discontinue, combined with the teach-back method to verify comprehension.
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