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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Medication reviews"”.
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Implementation of medication reviews in German community pharmacies.
… (WHO) and the national German action plan for medication safety suggest performing medication reviews (MRs) for patients with polypharmacy to ensure appropriateness of their entire medication. Despite listing the MR-service in the German action plan as a useful intervention, the plan does not …
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Development and Feasibility Testing of a Supervised Pharmacy Student-Led Medication Review of Patients with Diabetes in Primary Care.
… to take their therapy as intended. Whilst medication review provided by pharmacists is designed to address these issues evidence for the effectiveness is weak, and sometimes counterintuitive. Reasons postulated are poor study design, inappropriate intervention location and limited …
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Aspects on optimisation of drug therapy in the elderly
… drug-related problems. Methods: (Paper I) Medication reviews were conducted on nursing home patients’ with epilepsy or Parkinson’s disease by a multi-speciality team, whom identified drug-related problems and when appropriate suggested therapy changes to the intervention patients’ …
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Efetividade de intervenções farmacêuticas na omissão de prescrição e desprescrição de medicamentos em pacientes hospitalizados: estudo INFAR
… older people, which make them one of the biggest medication consumers. Potentially inappropriate prescriptions for older people became a global concern, to achieve adequate pharmacotherapy it is fundamental knowing effectiveness and safety of all medications and the risk-benefit ratio favor the …
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An investigation of dialysis patients' medication compliance and the relationship of physician ordering practices
… care and determined if it was associated with medication compliance and additionally assessed the in-center dialysis facility staff’s ability to keep up-to-date home medication orders. Participant interviews, home medication reviews, and reconciliations were completed. The average number of …
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Drug therapy - a challenge in primary care.
… guidelines. Methods: (Paper I) Systematic medication reviews by pharmacists were performed in a randomised controlled study of 369 elderly patients living in the community or nursing homes, who were using the multi-dose drug dispensing (MDD) system. Drug lists were assessed before and after …
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Towards the development of an integrated case-finding tool to facilitate the review of anticholinergic prescribing for frail older people
… to proactively identify at-risk patients for medication reviews. Aim: To explore the need for, and feasibility of, an integrated case-finding tool that predicts risks using electronic health records (EHRs), facilitating the review of anticholinergic medicines for frail older people. Methods: …
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What is the Role of a Pharmacist in a Parkinson’s Disease Interdisciplinary Team?
… have in other LTC MDTs by conducting holistic medication reviews. Three new roles were identified for pharmacists in PD IDTs as: 1) independent prescribing, 2) supporting HCPS in their roles by supporting staff knowledge, and 3) leading the PD IDT clinics. Quantitative data showed the …
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What is the Role of a Pharmacist in a Parkinson’s Disease Interdisciplinary Team?
… have in other LTC MDTs by conducting holistic medication reviews. Three new roles were identified for pharmacists in PD IDTs as: 1) independent prescribing, 2) supporting HCPS in their roles by supporting staff knowledge, and 3) leading the PD IDT clinics. Quantitative data showed the …
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A mixed methods exploration of the role of general practice-based pharmacists
… review found that PBP-led interventions such as medication reviews had improved a number of outcomes(e.g. reduced the number of medicines-related problems and improved appropriateness of prescribing). The quantitative cross-sectional study reported that the majority of general practitioners (GPs) …
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Evaluating Models of Pharmacist Integration into General Practice in New Zealand
… completing clinical activities such as medication reviews, managing long-term conditions, and medicines reconciliation. Having prescribing rights was generally seen as an enabler for the role. Practice staff were often cautious when a pharmacist first started in the practice, primarily …
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Towards intelligent diabetes knowledge management and knowledge discovery : a data mining approach
… determining the common side effects through medication reviews. Keywords: Diabetes, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Discovery, British National Health Service Web System, Doctor, Patient, Data Mining.
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Exploring the potential impact of integrating pharmacists into general practice in Ireland
… pharmacist in optimising frail older adults’ medications, and 3) economic evidence for the viability of pharmacists in practices outside of the cost savings attributed to deprescribed medications. Therefore, the overarching aims of this thesis were to: i) identify the key factors affecting …
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Lääkitystiedon ajantasaistaminen ja lääkityksen turvatarkastus HYKS Syöpäkeskuksessa uro-onkologian poliklinikalla
According to international studies, medication records are often incomplete in hospitals' patient information system. Medication reconciliation is an effective method to prevent medication errors and improve medication safety. A medication review is a useful tool in the assessment of drug-related …
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An action research evaluation to understand and inform the role of the Integrated Care Pharmacist across health and social care
… of 54 drugs, the completion of clinical medication reviews in 100% of patients and repeat prescription reviews in 37% of patients and the provision of four medication training sessions for the IC coordinators. Discussion The findings support existing literature by qualitatively and …
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What drives primary care providers to adopt innovative care delivery models in New South Wales, Australia?
… RCEF model showed a slight increase in use of medication reviews but no difference for the other measures analysed from GP software. Program monitoring data showed an uptake of a remote monitoring device for arrythmia in CiC, and a good uptake of use of the geriatrician to GP service in RCEF. …
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A DATA-DRIVEN PRIORITIZATION ALGORITHM FOR MEDICATION REVIEW IN OLDER ADULTS: FROM REAL-WORLD EVIDENCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE
… to the risks associated with inappropriate medication use, making them a critical target for preventive strategies aimed at optimizing pharmacotherapy and reducing avoidable harm. Among these measures, periodic implementation of medication review is recommended. However, healthcare …