Table 1.
Most common discrepancy types and reasons at baseline and follow-up
| Discrepancy Type | Frequency, No. (%) at Baseline* |
Frequency, No.(%) at Follow-up† |
|---|---|---|
| Reason | ||
| Medication on Chart Discrepancy with a medication listed in the chart |
42 (38.2) | 47 (46.1) |
| Patient Did Not Report | 26 (61.9) | 14 (29.8) |
| Medication with Automatic Stop Date | 0 (0) | 9 (19.1) |
| Patient Stopped Medication | 5(11.9) | 11 (23.4) |
| Change during recent office visit | 6 (14.3) | 5 (10.6) |
| Discontinued medication during recent office visit | 1 (2.4) | 6 (12.8) |
| Other types of reasons | 4 (9.5) | 2 (4.3) |
| Medication omitted on chart Discrepancy with a reported medication not on the chart |
44 (40) | 40 (39.2) |
| OTC use | 32 (72.3) | 29 (72.5) |
| Outside MD prescribed without communiqué | 7 (15.9) | 4 (10.0) |
| Patient did not report medication correctly | 0 (0) | 3 (7.5) |
| Other types of reasons | 5 (11.4) | 4 (10) |
| Different Dose Discrepancy between dose reported and dose charted |
10 (9) | 6 (5.9) |
| Patient did not report medication correctly | 7 (70) | 6 (100) |
| Change during recent office visit | 1 (10) | 0 (0) |
| Outside MD prescribed without communiqué | 2 (20) | 0 (0) |
| Different Regimen Discrepancy between regimen reported and regimen charted |
12 (10.9) | 7 (6.9) |
| Patient Changed Medication | 8 (66.7) | 0 (0) |
| Patient did not report medication correctly | 0 (0) | 1 (14.3) |
| Other types of reasons | 4 (33.3) | 6 (85.7) |
| *based on number of discrepancies at
baseline = 110 † based on number of discrepancies at follow-up = 102 | ||