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.