How to use MedRec 2.0
- Start with your trusted medication list. Use the last known good medication list you believe is correct. This may be a current facility list, pharmacy list, patient portal list, discharge list already reviewed by a provider, or another list your care team trusts. This is your source of truth.
- Enter that list first. Paste the trusted baseline list into MedRec 2.0 as the medication list before the change.
- Enter the new list second. When you receive a new hospital discharge, pharmacy, portal, provider, or paper medication list, paste it as the new medication list.
- Review the comparison report. MedRec 2.0 highlights possible added, removed, changed, and unchanged medications, along with selected safety cautions for human review.
- Take changes to a trusted professional. If the report shows changes, bring or share it with your trusted provider, pharmacist, nurse, or care team before making medication decisions.
- Keep the reviewed report. After your care team confirms the correct medication list, save or print the report. Over time, keeping these reports can help create a history of medication changes.
- Use the confirmed list next time. Once a provider or care team confirms the current list, use that updated list as your new source of truth for the next comparison.
Medication orders only: do not enter names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, addresses, phone numbers, or other patient identifiers.
What MedRec 2.0 does
MedRec 2.0 is a browser-based medication list comparison tool built to support technology-supported admission medication reconciliation during transitions of care. It uses deterministic medication list comparison to help users compare medication sources and flag possible differences in drug, dose, route, schedule, quantity, added medications, removed medications, duplicate orders, and selected caution categories.
MedRec is free to use, requires no login or account, does not request patient identifiers, and does not store medication lists.
Who MedRec 2.0 is for
MedRec 2.0 is designed for nurses, medication reconciliation staff, skilled nursing facilities, long-term care teams, and post-acute admission workflows where staff must compare hospital discharge medications to facility medication orders.
Supported medication input formats
- Typed or pasted medication text from different systems
- OCR medication text copied from scanned or paper records
- Dictated medication lists captured in browser-supported dictation workflows
- Cross-format medication list comparison between these sources
Built for practical medication-list comparison
MedRec 2.0 was created to support a specific gap in transitions of care: medication lists often arrive in different formats, from different systems, and with different wording. The tool focuses on the comparison step so staff can spend less time hunting for small differences and more time reviewing what should happen clinically.
MedRec was built for the practical comparison problem that occurs when a medication list from one setting does not match the formatting, wording, or structure of a medication list from another setting. This is common during hospital-to-LTC, skilled nursing, and post-acute transitions. The tool works best when the user compares a new list against a reliable source-of-truth medication list. Learn more about MedRec for long-term care medication reconciliation: /long-term-care-medication-reconciliation-tool.html
The tool is intended to support, not replace, the medication reconciliation process. It should be used with human review, source verification, and local facility policy.
What MedRec 2.0 does not replace
MedRec 2.0 supports human review. It does not diagnose, treat, or prevent disease, and it does not replace pharmacist, nurse, provider, or facility policy review. Clinical staff remain responsible for final reconciliation decisions.
Personal medication list comparison
Need a plain-language walkthrough for individuals, caregivers, and families? See Personal Medication List Comparison Tool.