New Alert Override Codes for the Drug Utilization Review System Derived from Outpatient Prescription Data from a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Korea [PDF]
Healthcare Informatics Research, 2016 ObjectivesThis paper proposes new alert override reason codes that are improvements on existing Drug Utilization Review (DUR) codes based on an analysis of DUR alert override cases in a tertiary medical institution.MethodsData were obtained from a ...
Chul Jang +5 more
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Drug utilization research: a review
International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 2019 Data from drug utilization research is an invaluable resource for all stake holders involved in drug and health policies. Drug utilization is “marketing, distribution, prescription and use of drugs in a society, with special emphasis on the resulting medical, social and economic consequences”.
Dinesh Kumar Meena, M. Jayanthi
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Current Status of Prospective Drug Utilization Review [PDF]
Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy, 2004 The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 offered the promise that prospective drug utilization review (pDUR) systems would improve the quality of drug prescribing and patient drug use. There is little evidence that this promise has been fulfilled. To the contrary, there is growing evidence that suboptimal use of drugs (in terms of preventable drug-
Thomas R, Fulda +3 more
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Influencers of generic drug utilization: A systematic review [PDF]
Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 2018 With an increase in prescription drug spending and rising drug costs there is a need to encourage the use of generic prescription drugs. However, maximizing generic drug use is not possible without the public's positive perception and meeting their informational needs about generic drugs.
Jennifer N, Howard +5 more
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Effect of providing drug utilization review information on tricyclic antidepressant prescription in the elderly. [PDF]
J Med Syst, 2018 Tricyclic antidepressants are known as potentially inappropriate medications in the elderly. A notification issued in July 2015 in South Korea recommended caution while prescribing tricyclic antidepressants to the elderly.
Park MJ, Kim MH, Shin SM, Chung SY.
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Evaluation of preventable adverse drug reactions by implementation of the nationwide network of prospective drug utilization review program in Korea. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2018 Background A prospective Drug Utilization Review (DUR) program has been implemented in Korea to improve the quality and safety of medication use. Objective To evaluate the influence of the DUR program in reducing incidence of preventable adverse drug ...
Lee J, Noh Y, Lee S.
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Drug utilization review of mupirocin ointment in a Korean university-affiliated hospital. [PDF]
Korean J Intern Med, 2015 Background/Aims Intranasal mupirocin and chlorhexidine bathing are candidate strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Youn SH +7 more
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Effectiveness of a Retrospective Drug Utilization Review on Potentially Unsafe Opioid and Central Nervous System Combination Therapy. [PDF]
J Manag Care Spec Pharm, 2015 BACKGROUND: Drug overdose deaths are the leading cause of unintentional death in the United States, and opioid-related mortality is the primary contributor (75.2%).
Qureshi N +3 more
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Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy, 2023 BACKGROUND: Specialty drugs are identified by high monthly costs and complexity of administration. Payers use utilization management strategies, including prior authorization and separate tiers with higher cost sharing, to control spending.
Wesam W Ismail +2 more
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A review on steps involved in drug utilization review
, 2020 Drug Utilization is also known as Drug Utilization Review, is an arrangement of persistent, orderly, criteria based medication assessment that guarantees the proper usage of drugs.
P. Jacob +2 more
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