Solutions: MyMediList^TM

MyMediList™ is a fully electronic, lifetime patient medication record that is updated by the most important person in the medication reconciliation and patient safety process: the patient. 

Why MyMediList?:

• 100% free for patients.

• Web-based: available anytime, anywhere throughout the world! 

• User interface is easy-to-use for any patient.

• Has one of the world's most extensive medication databases - updated monthly!

• No need to install any software; no maintenance; no upgrades; no hassles.

• Safe and Secure - all transactions are patient-authorized.

• SSL-128 bit encryption: meets or exceeds industry HIPAA standards.

• Allows the patient to give the most updated medication history to the healthcare provider -  electronically.

• With the patient's authorization, the record can be updated by the healthcare provider via a seamless connection to the Provider Module, MediRecon.net.

• Extensive audit logs for every transaction.

• Version 1.5 to be in both English and Spanish!

The case for an electronic medication record:

The importance of an updated medication history:

• The US Department of Health and Human Services has declared that an electronic medication record is a method of reducing medication errors and is a "potential breakthrough." 

• The disaster and chaos that Hurricane Katrina brought with it showed the need for an electronic, easily available patient medication record for healthcare providers. The Markle Foundation released its report (PDF format) on the Lessons Learned from the Katrina Health Disaster and outlined these recommendations (June 13, 2006).

The limitations of other methods of data collection, namely prescription claims data from pharmacies have been found to be greatly inaccurate:

• Dr. Steven Miller, then Chief Medical Officer of Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, explained at the 2004 Medinfo meeting that prescription claims data "is not a substitute for the medication history" and that the prescription data often "is not based on the new instructions a physician gave the patient." (from the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists, 2004)

• Inaccurate Prescription Data already leads to skewed description of quality indicators nationally (Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, March 2006)

Medication Reconciliation  

• Is a mandatory requirement of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) -  it is a 2006 National Patient Safety Goal. 

• Is considered a core method of patient safety nationally.

Learn more about Medication Reconciliation at the Medication Reconciliation Resource Center

Frequently Asked Questions about MyMediList