Medication Review: What’s in a Name and What Is It about? [PDF]
PharmacyBackground: Medication review is a multifaceted service aimed at optimizing the use of medicines and enhancing the health outcomes of patients. Due to its complexity, it is crucial to clearly describe the service, its variants, and its components to ...
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Key elements in the quality assessment of a type 3 medication review [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 Background: Medication reviews are a structured evaluation of a patient’s pharmacotherapy with the aim of optimizing medicines use and improving health outcomes. This entails detecting drug related problems and recommending interventions. A high level of
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Medication review and deprescribing in different healthcare settings: a position statement from an Italian scientific consortium. [PDF]
Aging Clin Exp ResRecent medical advancements have increased life expectancy, leading to a surge in patients affected by multiple chronic diseases and consequent polypharmacy, especially among older adults. This scenario increases the risk of drug interactions and adverse
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Effects of a community pharmacy-based structured medication review on drug-related problems in all-comers with polypharmacy: a randomized, controlled, double-blind, parallel-group trial [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineBackgroundMedication reviews may help to reduce the burdens of polypharmacy. A medication review type 2a is a structured evaluation of a patient’s pharmacotherapy based on medication history and patient information in a face-to-face interview.MethodsThis
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Undertaking medication review by telehealth.
Australian Journal of General Practice, 2020 BACKGROUND Medication review can be delivered using telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure ongoing provision of care to vulnerable patient populations and to minimise risk of infection for both patients and health professionals.
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Impact of a DSS-supported medication review on the safety of drug therapy and quality of life in patients with antithrombotic therapy [PDF]
Frontiers in PharmacologyPolypharmacy is common among patients with antithrombotic medication, giving rise to concerns about Drug-Related Problems (DRPs). Therefore, these patients would benefit from a Medication Review (MR) along with pharmacist counselling to reduce the risks ...
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Use of the BRANT-MERQS scoring table for the quality assessment of type 3 medication review in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and those with type 2 diabetes mellitus [PDF]
Frontiers in PharmacologyBackgroundA type 3 medication review (MR3) is a patient-centred medication service primarily provided by pharmacists and is presently employed routinely in several countries.
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Pharmaceuticals, 2022 Polypharmacy is associated with a risk of negative health outcomes. Potentially inappropriate medications, interactions resulting from contradicting medical guidelines, and inappropriate monitoring, all increase the risk.
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Drug-Related Problems of Patients in Primary Health Care Institutions: A Systematic Review
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Introduction: Drug-related problems (DRPs) are not only detrimental to patients' physical health and quality of life but also lead to a serious waste of health care resources. The condition of DRPs might be more severe for patients in primary health care
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Metabolites, 2021 Medication deprescribing is essential to prevent inappropriate medication use in multimorbid patients. However, experience of deprescribing in Danish Subacute Medical Outpatient Clinics (SMOCs) is limited. The objective of our pilot study was to evaluate
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