Search results for "pharmaceutical care"

Influence of errors in prescriptions on the security of medicine

2016

All types of medication errors including missed doses, incorrect dosage forms, time intervals, and routes are essential encumbrances for qualitative pharmaceutical care and security of medicine [1]. Problems related to prescription errors are common in the healthcare profession, and are responsible for significant increase in costs, cases of morbidity and mortality [2]. The aim of the study was to analyze the common errors in prescriptions which were received in pharmacies and their effect on the security of medicine. Retrospective study was conducted between December 2013 and January 2014 in the pharmacy of Riga, Latvia. Prescriptions were analyzed to identify errors in Inscriptio, Praescr…

Assessment of a reconciliation and information programme for heart transplant patients

2010

Abstract Introduction The objective is to assess a pharmaceutical care programme for heart transplant patients upon patient admission and discharge. Material and methods Observational study of heart transplant patients, performed during the first quarter of 2007. Upon admission, the patient was interviewed regarding home treatments, adherence, allergies, and adverse effects, his/her prescriptions were compared with the last discharge report (drug reconciliation). At time of discharge, treatment was checked against the last hospital prescription (reconciliation) and an informative report was drawn up and personally delivered to the patient. Subsequently, a satisfaction questionnaire was carr…

Impact of Pharmacists’ Participation in a Pharmacotherapy Follow-Up Program

2012

Objective. To evaluate the impact of a continuing pharmacy education (CPE) course on Spanish community pharmacists’ participation in a pharmacotherapy follow-up program. Design. Participation in a CPE course offered 4 times over a 4-year period via satellite teleconferencing was monitored and the data analyzed to determine the course’s impact on community pharmacists’ participation in a pharmacotherapy follow-up program. Assessment. Community pharmacists’ participation in the pharmaceutical care CPE course had a slightly positive impact on their participation in the pharmacotherapy follow-up program. In the best profiles, there was a probability of 7.3% that participants would participate i…

Evaluación de la calidad de dos modelos de atención farmacéutica en pacientes onco-hematológicos

2007

Objective: To compare the quality of two pharmaceutical care models (with and without pharmacist participation in the clinical team), in hospitalised onco-haematological patients. Method: A prospective cohort study in the oncology and haematology departments of a university hospital over a 26-month period. A centralised model (model C) was used over 16 months and a decentralised integration model (model D) was used during the remaining 10 months. The Iaser© methodology was used to identify candidates for improved drug treatment and for the follow up of patients with drug-related problems (DRP). The results obtained were compared using a series of pharmaceutical care quality indicators. Resu…

Pharmazeutische Betreuung von Patienten mit Osteoporose: „Fragen Sie Ihren Apotheker!”

2001

Abstracts of papers and posters advanced activities in pharmaceutical care 24th European Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy

1995

Identificación de oportunidades de mejora del tratamiento de la hepatitis C

2006

® . Summary Objective: Hepatitis C represents a public health concern with more than 170 million carriers. The goal of this study was to identify improvement opportunities in the management of hepati- tis C, and the pharmaceutical actions performed for the preven- tion and solution of medication-related problems in patients seen at the Pharmaceutical Care Outpatient Unit.

Evaluación de un programa de conciliación e información al paciente trasplantado cardíaco

2010

Introduction: The objective is to assess a pharmaceutical care programme for heart transplant patients upon patient admission and discharge. Material y methods: Observational study of heart transplant patients, performed during the first quarter of 2007. Upon admission, the patient was interviewed regarding home treatments, adherence, allergies and adverse effects, and his/her prescriptions were compared with the last discharge report (drug reconciliation). At time of discharge, treatment was checked against the last hospital prescription (reconciliation) and an informative report was drawn up and personally delivered to the patient. Subsequently, a satisfaction questionnaire was carried ou…

Iedzīvotāju skatījums uz farmaceitisko aprūpi interneta vidē

2019

21.gadsimtā pakalpojumu digitalizācija attīstās straujos tempos. Cilvēki tos aktīvi izmanto savu vēlmju un vajadzību apmierināšanai. Arī farmaceitiskā aprūpe nav izņēmums un digitalizācijas attīstībai farmācijas nozarē ir svarīga loma. E-veselība, pacientu medicīnisko ierakstu pieejamība, palīdzība medikamentu lietošanā, pacientu līdzestības kontrole un citi farmaceitiskās aprūpes jautājumi digitālajā vidē palīdzētu cilvēkiem veselības aprūpē un būtu jauns pavērsiens farmaceita darbam. Šī pētījuma mērķis bija noskaidrot sabiedrības skatījumu par farmaceitisko aprūpi interneta vidē. Vai šāds veselības aprūpes pakalpojums atvieglotu viņu ikdienu un kādas būtu viņu vēlmes šāda veida pakalpojum…

Applicability of the STOPP/START criteria to older polypathological patients in a long-term care hospital

2017

Objectives To analyse the applicability of the STOPP/START criteria as a tool to identify patients with potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) during pharmaceutical validation of prescriptions in a long-term care hospital, to identify risk factors for PIM and to characterise the physiological systems and drugs more frequently associated with these PIM. Methods An interventional, prospective and longitudinal study was conducted in polypathological patients aged >65 years. Usual pharmaceutical care and the STOPP/START criteria were used to identify PIM and to plan pharmaceutical interventions at admission. At discharge, the discharge summaries were reviewed using the STOPP/START criteria…