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In 2008 in the Netherlands the Guideline 'Transmission of medication in the chain' was published. This guideline described that upon admission and discharge in the hospital verification of medication should take place. This caused significant investments in staff by hospitals to meet with this guideline. However, despite these efforts 15 years later this has not led to adequate transmission of medication. In this article it is described that the organization of medication verification in hospitals has features of the Risk Regulation Reflex. A better possible solution of this problem is proposed: making community pharmacies responsible for updating the medication overview. This pharmacist should perform this task together with the patient. This should be done in parallel with improving compliance. In hospitals medication reviews in high risk patients could take place.