Sources of information for BPMH
Interviews on BPMH were performed and completed for all 313 patients by
four pharmacist trainees and 93.6% of them were obtained within 24
hours after admission. Pharmacists verified 2.32 ± 0.72 medication
information source per patient to complete the BPMH, which included
patient/family interview (93.1%), examination of medication vials
(56.2%), patient’s previous medical records (42.0%), patient’s
medication list (41.1%). The average time for the completion of BPMHs
was 24.1±7.9 minutes per patient while the average time for resolution
of UMD was 7.9±3.3 minutes.