Hi Med Safety colleagues.

I am curious to know if any of your organizations have guidelines or policies that address a process by which physicians are "required" to review and/or reconcile "provider held" medications against the patient's active med list to ensure that the holds remain clinically appropriate. If so, would you be willing to share?

Also, do you allow "provider held" medications without defined durations or eliminated it after the fact? If so, how did you get physicians to buy into this change?

After recently completing ISMP's gap analysis related to temporary hold orders, this is an area that we identified opportunities for improvement but not without its challenges. :(

Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Vee