Student Helps Patients List Medication History

Raneem Alayoubi, a second-year Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Pharmacy student, spent nearly two months in 2019 working to improve medication history upon admission to emergency departments through NEOMED’s Summer Research Fellowship Program.

Alayoubi conducted her research in the emergency department at Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital, located in Rochester Hills, Michigan.

In a recent interview with ThisWeek News, Alayoubi discusses the medication discrepancies she discovered through her research.

She explains, “I was able to conclude the main medication issue was with the omission of drugs, and patients were not always aware of the medication they were taking and needed me to call their pharmacies or doctors. Of these omitted drugs, 700 of the missing drugs were cardiac medications — medications that are oftentimes vital to the patient’s health.”