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. 2016 Sep 15;14(3):785. doi: 10.18549/PharmPract.2016.03.785

Table 1.

List of Potential Medication Record Discrepancies and Medication Related Problems

Medication Record Discrepancy:
Unintentional Discrepancy: medication change made either inadvertently or deliberately by the patient without the knowledge of the health care team.
Undocumented Intentional Discrepancy: medication change made by another healthcare professional but not listed on the medication record. Subcategories include:
 • omission (medications being taken by the patient but not listed in the medication record)
 • commission (medications no longer being taken by the patient but still listed on the medication record)
 • wrong drug
 • wrong dose
 • wrong frequency
 • dose/schedule not listed

Medication Related Problems:
 • drug without indication
 • indication without drug
 • wrong drug
 • dose too low
 • dose too high
 • adverse drug reaction
 • inappropriate adherence
 • drug-drug, drug-disease, drug-food, and/or drug-laboratory interaction