Error chains involving two to four medication errors in one or more stages of the medication management and use process were present in 26.1% (n = 111/426) of reports, most of which originated from prescribing (62.2%; n = 69/111). The medication errors (n = 560) were classified into ...
Both ME reports that occurred to the patient and near misses intercepted before reaching the patient were included. The study sample did not include adverse drug reactions from an appropriate medication management and use (MMU) process [24] In the ATC classification ...
In Quebec (Canada), the Medical Office of the 21st Century (MOXXI) [47], an integrated drug management system, provides near real-time information (within one hour) on dispensed prescriptions from community phar- macies through a secure virtual private network that links to the prescription ...
Well-designed prescription medication information (PMI), defined as materials which communicate the essential information needed for a patient to safely and accurately self-administer a medication at or near the time of prescribing, is important for patient education. A previous review identifying best ...
Telemonitoring is a potential component in the management of HF that allows patients to remotely provide reliable and real-time physiological data for clinical decision support. As such, telemonitoring could be used to facilitate remote titration of HF medications by health care providers. Meta-analys...
In that case, there has been an exploration of the virtual observed therapy market of using an app on a smartphone to record when a patient takes their medication. Mimicking what is done with directly observed therapy for conditions like Tuberculosis or methadone clinics, the phone replaces the...
Older adult participants met all of the following eligibility criteria: (1) age ≥ 60 years, (2) Singapore citizen/permanent resident (PR), (3) taking prescription medications from public/private clinics, (4) no moderate/severe cognitive impairment (≥ 5 correct responses on the Abbreviated Ment...
While being common in ME reports and more likely to be associated with severe patient harm and risk of re-occurrence, preventive risk management actions should be targeted on high-alert medications in paediatric settings. Especially safeguarding the MMU process of intravenous drugs, such as ...
This methodology provides an option for clinics to ease into proactive care while balancing existing duties—or scoping the resources required to expand coverage as they arise. Combined with other methods of automated follow-up, this may improve timeliness, clinician workload concerns, as well as ...
(counselling, videos, incentives, text messaging, lifestyle intervention, specialist clinics). Several studies used inadequate sample sizes to assess intervention effectiveness. There was also inadequate reporting of interventions tested. While many described their intervention in broad terms, only two ...