Medication Reconciliation in Comparison to an Extensive Medication Safety Check

Pilot Project to Investigate the Influence of Medication Reconciliation and an Extensive Medication Safety Check on the Number of Adverse Drug Events in the Elderly

The purpose of this study is to determine wether an extensive medication safety check has a greater impact on the incidence of adverse drug events than medication reconciliation or no intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient 65 years and older
• written informed consent patient or the legal representative
• existing medication therapy at hospitalization
• admission to one of the project wards via emergency department (non elective)

Exclusion Criteria:

- patients included in the study previously