Shared medication listMultidose drug dispensingMedication reconciliationMedication discrepanciesPrimary careE-healthE-medicines managementThe eSML greatly decreases discrepancies between the GP, home care and pharmacy medication lists, but does not eliminate the need for medication reconciliation....
Objective: Describe the types of medication discrepancies that persist despite pharmacist-led medication reconciliation using the primary care electronic medical record (EMR).Methods: Observational case series study of established patients from an urban, indigent care clinic. Medication reconciliation was cond...
Describe the types of medication discrepancies that persist despite pharmacist-led medication reconciliation using the primary care electronic medical record (EMR). Methods Observational case series study of established patients from an urban, indigent care clinic. Medication reconciliation was conducted imme...
Methods MAT(CVC) comprises 21 medication assessment criteria, each of which is designed to detect a specific care issue and to check whether it is 'addressed' by provision of guideline recommended care or 'open' in the presence ('open explained') or absence ('open unexplained') of pre-...
Self-medication, though desirable, can be dangerous and should be emphasized as a component of primary health care because (i) it is commonly practised even where health professionals are easily accessible, (ii) it encourages self-reliance for curative, preventive, promotive and rehabilatative care...
The National Health Commission will further optimize and improve the drug use guarantee mechanism at the grass-roots level. Comprehensively sort out the medication policies and drug usage conditions of existing medical and health institutions, research and formulate guidelines for drug selection in ...
Baldwin generally does her own patient education, but she understands that busy primary care clinicians who must also address patients' other health problems might not have that luxury. Her advice is to train staff on the basics of acne care and use patient cheat sheets with medication instruction...
While MRS would typically yield a list of medications and its associated doses that the patient is taking, a MR would involve additional reviews on medication suitability and optimization. This study targeted on patients recently discharged from tertiary to the primary care setting. The focus was ...
Medication Use for the Risk Reduction of Primary Breast Cancer in Women: A Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2019. 12. US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Methods and processes. USPSTF website. ht...
In addition to wasted opportunity to prevent morbidity and address lifestyle issues, inappropriate prescription of medication and expensive testing is often undertaken to exclude serious disease16. Conversely, if accurate diagnosis and appropriate management of dyspnoea could be hastened, the risk of untre...