Medicines management

Keywords Pharmaceutical care Medicines management Medication reconciliation Medication review Information technology Personalised... 

Scullin C, Scott MG, Hogg A, McElnay JC (2007) An innovative approach to integrated medicines management. J Eval Clin Pract 13 781-788... 

Simpson D (2001) What is medicines management and what is pharmaceutical care Pharm J 266 150... 

Essential medicines are those medicines and vaccines that satisfy the most common and important health care needs of the population. An essential medicines list (EML) makes medicine management easier in every respect - procurement, storage, distribution, prescribing and dispensing. The national EML should be determined by national treatment guidelines. Selection of essential medicines for the list is based on clear criteria of efficacy, safety, quality, cost and cost-effectiveness, and the list should be regularly updated. 

HT will need to deal with medicines management including supply, impact on her lifestyle and importance of concordance, and lifestyle issues, such as exercise and sports. 

Pharmacist - would be involved in the medicines management for Mrs KR and would review existing and new medications since her hospital discharge. 

Figure 9.22 Medicines manager system pre-prepared by the pharmacist (including a reminder chart prepared by a pharmacist to help a patient remember when to take their medication).

Infcctiou.s diseases. Internal medicine. Managed care pharmacy. Nephrology. 

Handling UKCPA conference communications and the adjudication process requires a scrupulous process to make it work for members. UKCPA has developed a housestyle and is a transparent process of adjudication and feedback to assure the final quality of work presented and published. This applies equally to the adjudication process for the four industry sponsored awards, AstraZeneca Travelling Fellowship Award, the four GlaxoSmithKline Poster Awards, the Pharmacia Pharma-coeconomics Award and the Wyeth Education and Training Award. New awards for 2002 are Unichem Com-munity/Primary Care Pharmacy Award, Napp Palliative Care Award and the Merck Pharmaceuticals for Medicines Management Award. 

The Medicines Management in Primary Care Group was formed four years ago to provide support for the increasing number of pharmacists developing a clinical role in Primary Health Care Teams. The objectives are to ... 

The use of medicines is not always optimized, so there can be waste and patients can suffer harmful effects. Consequently, Trusts have medicines management policies in place to address issues such as ... 

Medicines management encompasses all aspects of the use of medicines in NHS Trusts, and includes the selection, procurement, delivery, prescription, dispensing and administration of medicines. Figure 15.2 illustrates examples of Trust committees that play a part in the management of medicines. 

The structure, format and terms of reference of medicines management structures and committees vary between Trusts because they are locally agreed, but the existence of medicines management procedures is mandatory. 

Figure 15.2 Medicines management structure. An example showing committees concerned solely with medicines management...

A. Blenkinsopp, W. Clark, I. Purves and M. Fisher, Getting Research into Practice in Medicines Management, R. Panton and S. Chapman, eds, BMJ Books, London, 1998, pp. 133-153. 

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Medicines management includes every step from choosing to discontinuing medication, and involves patients, carers, nurses, doctors and pharmacists. 

C. Schreck, Protection from blood-feeding arthropods. In Wilderness Medicine Management of Wilderness and Environmental Emergencies, R S. Auerbach (ed.), Mosby, St. Louis, MO, pp. 813-833,1995. 

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