Can pharmacy-driven medication reconciliation reduce errors and improve patient safety?

Our full interview with Rita Shane. We spoke to Dr Rita Shane about why medication reconciliation should be done by pharmacy staff and how they made this happen in California. Visit our website to watch the full interview - https://medicalupdateonline.com/2026/... Register on our website for news straight to your inbox - https://medicalupdateonline.com/regis... This episode of ‘In Discussion With’ is also on Spotify. Listen to the full podcast now - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3w7A... 0:00 - Introduction, titles & roles 0:59 - What triggered the med rec project? 3:39 - What is a Medical Assistant 4:19 - Transitions and the ‘poly’ problem 7:56 - Collecting the evidence 11:00 - Med rec at admission? 12:44 - The business case for med rec 14:24 - Getting buy-in for med rec 17:27 - Driving the legislation for med rec 20:35 - Measuring the impact 23:20 - High-risk patients 27:13 - Med rec on discharge 33:03 - A national requirement 35:46 - Outro This interview was recorded on 11/02/2026. ___ Keep up to date with us across our network; Email us at - [email protected] Site - https://medicalupdateonline.com/ Twitter -   / medupdateon1ine   Instagram -   / medicalupdateonline   Facebook -   / medupdateonline   LinkedIn -   / medicalupdateonline   This content is for informational purposes only, and does not replace the advice of your own doctor or healthcare professional. Copyright © 2022 MedicalUpdateOnline. IMI (a trading name of ICR UK Limited) is a digital communications agency that specialises in the pharmaceutical and medical industries. IMI was founded in 2003 by the current CEO Peter Mas-Mollinedo, a pharmacist and forward-thinking entrepreneur. IMI’s primary activities include the production of medical educational journals and bulletins, medical conference coverage and video interviewing of health care professionals worldwide to disseminate information such as trial results, new products, research, drug approvals, new accreditations, etc. It is a trusted provider of medical information to its extensive database of medical health care professionals in the UK, Europe and beyond. To find out more about IMI, please see our websites www.medicalupdateonline.com and www.medicalimi.com. Alternatively, you can email us at [email protected].