Beliefs of Ambulatory Care Physicians about Accuracy of Patient Medication Records and Technology-Enhanced Solutions to Improve Accuracy

2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 12-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas L. Weeks ◽  
Cynthia F. Corbett ◽  
Glen Stream
Keyword(s):  
Ambulatory Care ◽  
Patient Medication ◽  
Improve Accuracy ◽  
Patient Medication Records

PHARMACY: System gives pharmacist control of patient medication records

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 103-106
Author(s):  
H. E. Meagher ◽  
Mary B. Harris ◽  
Raymond R. Yates
Keyword(s):  
Patient Medication ◽  
Patient Medication Records ◽  
Pharmacy System

scholarly journals Issues around the Prescription of Half Tablets in Northern Switzerland: The Irrational Case of Quetiapine

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel S. Allemann ◽  
Delia Bornand ◽  
Balthasar Hug ◽  
Kurt E. Hersberger ◽  
Isabelle Arnet
Keyword(s):  
Ambulatory Care ◽  
Pharmaceutical Care ◽  
Safety Issue ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Community Pharmacies ◽  
Prescription Patterns ◽  
Northern Switzerland ◽  
Improve Accuracy ◽  
The University ◽  
Physical Capacities

Background. Prescription of fragmented tablets is useful for individualisation of dose but includes several drawbacks. Although without score lines, the antipsychotic drug quetiapine was in 2011 the most often prescribed 1/2 tablet in discharge prescriptions at the University Hospital in Basel (USB, 671 beds). We aimed at analysing the prescription patterns of split tablets in general and of quetiapine in particular in Switzerland.Methods. All orders of community pharmacies for unit-of-use soft pouch blisters placed at Medifilm AG, the leader company in Switzerland for repackaging into pouch blisters, were analysed.Results. Out of 4,784,999 tablets that were repacked in 2012 in unit-of-use pouch blisters, 8.5% were fragmented, mostly in half (87.6%), and were predominantly psycholeptics (pipamperone 15.8%). Prescription of half quetiapine appears to be a Basel specificity (highest rates of fragments and half quetiapine).Conclusions. Prescription of fragmented tablet is frequent. It represents a safety issue for the patient, and a pharmaceutical care issue for the pharmacist. In ambulatory care, the patient’s cognitive and physical capacities must be clarified, suitability of the splitting of the tablet must be checked, appropriate aids must be offered, like a pill-splitting device in order to improve accuracy, and safe use of the drug must be ensured.

Prevalence and Usage of Printed and Electronic Drug References and Patient Medication Records in Community Pharmacies in Malaysia

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 374-380
Author(s):  
Ezlina Usir ◽  
Pei Lin Lua ◽  
Abu Bakar Abdul Majeed
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Community Pharmacies ◽  
Electronic Journals ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Medication Record ◽  
Patient Medication ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Patient Medication Records

This study aimed to determine the availability and usage of printed and electronic references and Patient Medication Record in community pharmacy. It was conducted for over 3 months from 15 January to 30 April 2007. Ninety-three pharmacies participated. Structured questionnaires were mailed to community pharmacies. Six weeks later a reminder was sent to all non responders, who were given another six weeks to return the completed questionnaire. Outcomes were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square test of independence. Almost all the pharmacies (96.8%) have at least Monthly Index of Medical Specialties (MIMS) while 78.5% have at least MIMS ANNUAL in their stores. Only about a third (31.2%) of the pharmacies were equipped with online facilities of which the majority referred to medical websites (88.9%) with only a minority (11.1%) referring to electronic journals. More than half (59.1%) of the pharmacists kept Patient Medication Record profiles with 49.1% storing it in paper, 41.8% electronically and 9.1% in both printed and electronic versions. In general, prevalence and usage of electronic references in community pharmacies were rather low. Efforts should be increased to encourage wider usage of electronic references and Patient Medication Records in community pharmacies to facilitate pharmaceutical care.

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