Vertaile menetelmiä

	CAM Delirium Screening	Lääkitysvertailu
Tieteenala	Hoitotiede	Hoitotiede
Menetelmäperhe	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Syntyvuosi	1990	2005
Kehittäjä	Sharon K. Inouye and colleagues	Institute of Medicine, The Joint Commission, and healthcare safety organizations
Tyyppi	Diagnostic screening tool	Safety protocol
Alkuperäislähde	Inouye, S. K., van Dyck, C. H., Alessi, C. A., Balkin, S., Siegal, A. P., & Horwitz, R. I. (1990). Clarifying confusion: The Confusion Assessment Method. A new method for detection of delirium. Annals of Internal Medicine, 113(12), 941-948.	Institute of Medicine. (2006). Preventing Medication Errors. National Academies Press, Washington, DC.
Rinnakkaisnimet	CAM, Confusion Assessment Method, Delirium Detection Tool	Med Reconciliation, Medication List Verification, Drug-Drug Interaction Screening
Liittyvät	4	4
Tiivistelmä	The Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) is a widely validated diagnostic tool developed by Sharon K. Inouye and colleagues to detect delirium in hospitalized patients. Delirium is an acute change in mental status characterized by inattention, disorganized thinking, and altered consciousness that is often missed in clinical practice. The CAM provides a standardized, reproducible method for identifying delirium, which is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and hospital costs.	Medication Reconciliation is a systematic process of identifying and resolving discrepancies between the medications a patient should be taking and what they are actually taking. Endorsed by The Joint Commission as a National Patient Safety Goal, medication reconciliation occurs at critical transition points such as hospital admission, transfer between units, and discharge. The process reduces medication errors and adverse drug events that can result from omissions, duplications, or interactions.