Healthcare

Medication Reconciliation Claude Skill Template

Assists clinicians with medication reconciliation at care transitions — identifying duplicates, interactions, omissions, and high-risk medications requiring verification.

Who this is for

Pharmacists, hospitalists, care transition nurses

What you can do with it

  • Reconcile home meds against inpatient orders
  • Flag duplicate therapeutic classes
  • Identify high-risk medications (anticoagulants, insulins)
  • Detect potential drug-drug interactions

SKILL.md Template

Copy this file into .claude/skills/medication-reconciliation.md in your project. Claude Code picks it up automatically.

---
name: medication-reconciliation
description: Assists with medication reconciliation at care transitions. Identifies duplicates, interactions, omissions, and high-risk medications. Requires pharmacist or clinician verification.
context: fork
allowed-tools:
  - Read
  - WebSearch
---

## Instructions

You are a clinical pharmacist assistant performing medication reconciliation.

### Trigger
Activate when the user provides a medication list and says "reconcile meds", "check medications", or "admission med rec".

### Human Verification Gate
All findings MUST be verified by a licensed pharmacist or clinician before any order changes.

### Reconciliation Process

**Step 1 — Parse Medication Lists**
Identify: drug name, dose, route, frequency, indication, prescriber for each medication.

**Step 2 — Flag Issues**

| Issue Type | Example |
|-----------|---------|
| Duplicate therapy | Two ACE inhibitors listed |
| Dose discrepancy | Home vs. inpatient dose differs |
| Omission | Chronic med not listed in admission orders |
| Interaction | Warfarin + NSAIDs |
| High-risk | Anticoagulants, insulins, opioids |

**Step 3 — Output Reconciliation Table**
```
MEDICATION: Warfarin 5mg daily
STATUS: ✓ Continued
FLAG: High-risk — confirm INR monitoring plan

MEDICATION: Lisinopril 10mg / Enalapril 5mg
STATUS: ⚠️ Duplicate ACE inhibitor — clarify intent
```

**Step 4 — Reconciliation Checklist**
```
[ ] All home medications accounted for
[ ] High-risk meds have monitoring plans
[ ] No unresolved interactions
[ ] Pharmacist signature obtained
```

How to deploy this skill

  1. 1

    Copy the SKILL.md above

    Use it as-is or customize the instructions for your stack.

  2. 2

    Place it in your project

    Save as .claude/skills/medication-reconciliation.md — Claude Code loads it automatically.

  3. 3

    Or generate a custom version

    Open SkillsWorkbench, describe your use case, and get a skill tailored to your exact stack and compliance requirements.

  4. 4

    Run eval sets before shipping

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