Table 1. Admission medication reconciliation patient characteristics.

Characteristics	Surgery patients (n = 34)	Medicine patients (n = 33)	P
Patient admitted via emergency department	7 (21)	22 (67)	.0002
Medication history and reconciliation documented by prescriber	29 (85)	30 (91)	.71
MREC form signed by prescriber within 24 hours	19 (66)	24 (80)	.2
MREC complete (not missing strength, frequency, or route)	13 (38)	14 (46)	.81
MREC performed by prescriber in Epic	3 (10)	7 (23)	.19
Home medication list available in Epic	21 (72)	24 (80)	.44
Home medication list in Epic matches MREC documentation	7 (33)	5 (17)	.75
No. of home medications, mean ± SD	7.8 ± 6.2	8.7 ± 5.4	.53
Patients with >10 home medications	11 (38)	16 (53)	1.00
Errors identified by pharmacists at discharge	57	42	1.00

Note: Results reported as n (%) unless otherwise noted. Categorical data was evaluated using Fisher’s exact and chi-square tests and continuous data was evaluated using t tests. MREC = medication reconciliation.