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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Patient medication"”.
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Improving Patient Medication Reconciliation Participation and Compliance Through Education
… is complex. At the center of this world are patients and their safety. Medication knowledge and medication reconciliation compliance are factors that influence patient’s safety and their overall health outcomes. This project explores the theme of patient safety by examining the relationship …
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A socio-technical analysis of the Patient Medication Record (PMR) system in English Community Pharmacy
… PhD thesis explores the role of the computerised Patient Medication Record (PMR) system in supporting the transformation of current community pharmacy practice. Drawing on socio-technical theoretical principles, the study takes an ethnographic approach to investigate the drivers that impact how …
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Patient Centered Medication Education Monitoring: Validating the Efficacy of Patient Medication Education in Promoting Healthy Patient Outcomes
… of this project is to assess the efficacy of the patient medication education program, a quality performance improvement initiative being implemented by the hospital to address new and changing healthcare requirements. We are working on this now due to changes in the healthcare field, specifically …
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Compliance of Open Source EHR Applications with HIPAA and ONC Security and Privacy Requirements
… (EHRs) are digital versions of paper-based patient's health information. EHR applications are increasingly being adopted in many countries. They have resulted in improved quality in healthcare, convenient access to histories of patient medication and clinic visits, easier follow up of …
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Increasing Patient Participation in the Medication Reconciliation Process
… many adverse drug events are related to medication errors, preventing medication errors is fundamental to improving patient safety and outcomes. Medication reconciliation is the process of identifying and resolving medication discrepancies that occur, during transitions in care. Patient …
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A systematic approach to improving pharmacotherapy in the elderly
… first study presented in this thesis showed that medication errors in the transition of care are common. These results contributed to the development of the LIMM-model. The model consists of patient medication interview at admission (including medication reconciliation), medication review during …
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The use of spatial information systems in the management of HIV/AIDS: A study of Gugulethu
… could bring relief to the situation. Different patients use different antiretroviral therapies that vary in complexity of dosage and administering and monitoring the patient-medication related data are complicated tasks. The lack of physical infrastructure, lack of reliable statistics and the …
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Improvements in Medication Reconciliation: Further Steps Towards Engineering a Culture of Safety
… the transition from a physician-nurse centered medication reconciliation process to one of a pharmacy led reconciliation team with a designated medication reconciliation pharmacy technician would have on compliance with and the accuracy of the medication reconciliation tools and processes at …
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A pilot study to assess the feasibility of using the Travalert® dosing aid to measure adherence
… can be reduced. Non-adherence to glaucoma medication is a significant issue requiring further research. However, rigorous evidence for novel adherence interventions requires a valid and reliable measure of adherence. A gold standard for measuring adherence to glaucoma therapy has yet to be …
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Factors Affecting Community Pharmacy Owners' Attitudes Toward and Likelihood to Adopt Rxsync Service(SM)
… of the role of pharmacists in the provision of patient care services. Therefore, understanding factors that affect pharmacists' attitudes and likelihood to implement pharmacy services is warranted. The objective of this study is to examine how community pharmacy owners' entrepreneurial and …
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Case-Mix Adjustment of Adherence Based Pharmacy Quality Indicator Scores
Medication adherence has been shown to be influenced by demographics, health status and socio-economic status of the patient. Thus, adherence-based measures of pharmacy quality may be influenced by patient-related risk factors outside of the healthcare provider's control. This study examines the …
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The experience of taking anti-psychotic medication for schizophrenia: a thematic analysis of online video chat interviews
… young adults with schizophrenia about how their medication affects them socially; psychologically and physically. This will form the basis for further research in the field of counselling psychology, particularly regarding treating schizophrenia. The findings of this study may indicate additional …
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Comparison of treatments for upper respiratory tract infections recommended in community pharmacies and hospitals in North East Thailand.
… province, NE Thailand. A total of 1052 URTI patients was studied, 536 patients in two hospitals (H) where physicians diagnosed and prescribed and 516 patients in ten pharmacies, seven of which had pharmacists with no extra training (PNET) and three pharmacists with extra training (PET). …
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Measuring the speed and efficacy of clinical decision-making when comparing two different data visualizations for medications
Background: The percentage of patients with polypharmacy needs is increasing among a growing patient population. As a result, the amount of time health care professionals require to make clinical decisions based on current and past medications is increasing. Health care professionals need methods …
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A study of the prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines with reference to medication errors in the Armed Forces Hospital, Kuwait. An experimental investigation to determine the accuracy of the prescribing process, dispensing process and nurse administration of medication as compared with the prescriptions of physicians in the Armed Forces Hospital in Kuwait.
Introduction: Medication errors are a major cause of illness and hospitalization of patients throughout the world. This study examines the situation regarding medication errors in the Armed Forces Hospital, Kuwait since no literature exists of any such studies for this country. Several types of …