Table 1

References and key information

Year	Author	Article/abstract	Study design; number of participants	Medication type	Intervention to improve safety	Care transition
2011	Avanzini et al57	Article	Observational study; 142	Insulin	Standardised protocol	Intensive cardiac care unit to general ward
2011	Nordenholz et al58	Abstract	Cohort study; 106	Anticoagulant	Clinical care pathway	Emergency department to primary care
2011	Reger et al59	Article	Observational study; 207	Anticoagulant	Discharge pathway	Hospital to primary care
2011	Schillig et al60	Article	Randomised controlled trial; 500	Anticoagulant	Pharmacist involvement	Hospital to primary care
2011	Stafford et al61	Article	Cohort study; 268	Anticoagulant	Pharmacist involvement	Hospital to primary care
2012	Falana et al62	Abstract	Cohort study; 88	Anticoagulant	Pharmacist involvement	Hospital to outpatient clinic
2013	Martin III et al63	Article	Cohort study; not defined	High-risk medications	Pharmacist involvement	Hospital to primary care
2014	Falconieri et al64	Article	Cohort study; 32	Anticoagulant	Transfer of care programme	Emergency department to primary care
2014	Martins et al65	Abstract	Randomised clinical trial; 280	Anticoagulant	Outpatient clinic	Outpatient clinic to primary care
2015	Padron and Miyares66	Article	Cohort study; 409	Anticoagulant	Anticoagulation stewardship programme	Hospital to outpatient care
2015	Dunn et al67	Article	Cohort study; 797	Anticoagulant	Information pack	Hospital to outpatient clinic
2015	Quach et al68	Abstract	Randomised controlled trial; 307	High-risk medications	Medication reconciliation	Primary care to the emergency department
2015	Yilmaz et al69	Abstract	Randomised controlled trial; protocol only	High-risk medications	Medication reconciliation and discharge counselling	Hospital to primary care
2016	Ha et al70	Article	Cohort study; 109	Anticoagulant	Standardised protocol	Hospital to primary care
2017	Bryant et al71	Abstract	Retrospective observational analysis; 220	Anticoagulant	Pharmacist involvement	Emergency department to primary care
2017	Castelli et al72	Article	Randomised controlled trial; 25	Anticoagulant	Information pack for patients	Hospital to primary care
2017	Chamoun et al73	Article	Cohort study; 206	Anticoagulant	Standardised protocol	Hospital to primary care
2017	Wei et al49	Article	Randomised controlled trial; 28	Insulin	Remote glucose monitoring	Hospital to primary care
2017	Zdyb et al74	Article	Retrospective record analysis; 85	Anticoagulant	Counselling and education	Emergency department to primary care
2018	Herges et al75	Article	Retrospective record analysis; 1004	High-risk medications	Pharmacist involvement	Hospital to primary care
2019	Dempsey et al76	Abstract	Observational study; 247	High-risk medications	Pharmacist involvement	Hospital to primary care
2019	Pyrlis et al77	Article	Randomised controlled trial; 105	Insulin	Transition diabetes team	Hospital to primary care
2020	Kapoor et al56	Article	Randomised controlled trial; 162	Anticoagulant	Pharmacist involvement	Hospital to primary care
2020	Liang et al78	Article	Randomised controlled trial; 152	Anticoagulant	Pharmacist involvement	Hospital to primary care
2020	Lim et al79	Article	Retrospective case series; 120	Anticoagulant	Outpatient clinic	Emergency department to outpatient clinic
2020	Tyedin et al80	Article	Cohort study; 238	Anticoagulant	Pharmacist involvement	Hospital to primary care
2020	Andre et al81	Abstract	Observational study; 162	Anticoagulant	Medication reconciliation	Primary care to hospital
2022	Bakey and Nguyen82	Article	Cohort study; 58	Anticoagulant	Pharmacist involvement	Emergency department to primary care
2021	Bawazeer et al83	Abstract	Randomised controlled trial; 107	High-risk medications	Medication reconciliation, counselling, follow-up	Hospital to primary care
2021	DeSancho et al84	Article	Quality improvement; 409	Anticoagulant	Counselling and education	Hospital to primary care
2021	Gurwitz et al85	Article	Randomised controlled trial; 361	High-risk medications	Pharmacist involvement	Hospital to primary care
2021	Kane-Gill et al48	Article	Quality improvement; 2127	High-risk medications	Pharmacist involvement	Primary care to nursing home
2021	Magny-Normilus et al86	Article	Randomised controlled trial; 180	Insulin	Discharge intervention	Hospital to primary care
2021	Zabrosky et al87	Abstract	Quality improvement; 218	High-risk medications	Standardised protocols for transfer of care	Hospital to primary care
2022	Lázaro Cebas et al88	Article	Cohort study; 589	High-risk medications	Pharmacist involvement	Hospital to primary care