Study highlights lack of patient knowledge regarding hospital medications
Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 02:14
in Health & Medicine
In a new study to asses patient awareness of medications prescribed during a hospital visit, 44% of patients believed they were receiving a medication they were not, and 96% were unable to recall the name of at least one medication that they had been prescribed during hospitalization. These findings are published today in the Journal of Hospital Medicine. Link: http://www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell