Medication list: Hospital-based outpatient practices

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This is a question for those of you who manage hospital practices. First a bit

of background: Several years ago during a Joint Commission survey, we were

directed to obtain a medication list from each outpatient, and to check the

list's validity at each subsequent visit. (With additional documentation to

prove we've done so, of course.) I can find nothing in the CMS regulations,

state practice, professional standards, or other regulatory bodies that require

this in ambulatory settings.

So here's the question: Are any of you doing this, and if so, why? Does anybody

know of a regulation or standard that I might have missed that does require this

in hospital outpatient settings? Conversely, can anybody state definitively

that this is not required?

Bob Perlson

Director, Rehabilitation Services

Rogue Valley Medical Center

Medford, OR

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