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Table 1 Drug information sources

From: The value of incorporating patient-consulted medication reconciliation in influencing drug-related actions in the outpatient rheumatology setting

• Nationwide Medication Record System (NMRS). The NMRS is a digital nationwide network which exchanges medication dispensing data from all pharmacies in the Netherlands (provided that the patient has given permission for this data to be shared) [25, 26]. The overview of the NMRS showed all dispended drugs of the past 14 months, including stopped medication.

• Electronical medical record (EMR). The EMR contains (drug) data from patients, as well in the electronic prescribing system as in the physician’s medical notes. Keeping this drug information up to date is the responsibility of the physician.

• Patient. Patient’s input was initially obtained by using an online personal health record, in which they checked their pre-filled drug list and were able to add and/or remove drugs [27]. If patients did not use the online personal health record to check their drug list at home, a pharmacy technician interviewed those patients by telephone.