As defined by the JCAHO, medication reconciliation is “the process of comparing a patient’s medication orders to all of the medications that the patient has been taking. This reconciliation is done to avoid medication errors such as omissions, duplications, dosing errors, or drug interactions.”  A new study has found that when Pharmacists were put in charge of medication reconciliation for patients admitted to the hospital, accurate reconciliation jumped from 32.3% to 94.2%.  The study, conducted over a two-year period in Chicago, also shows a significant decrease in patient readmission due to medication non-adherence.