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Medication Error Reduction
Principles in Practice
Copyright © 2002-2005 – Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)
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• An integrated patient care process that enables physicians, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals to work together to promote clinically sound, cost-effective pharmaceutical care.
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy. Concepts in Managed Care Pharmacy SeriesPharmaceutical Care. 1997.
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Formulary Management
• The reduction of “...any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm, while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer. Such events may be related to professional practice, health care products, procedures, and systems including: prescribing; order communication; product labeling, packaging and nomenclature; compounding; dispensing; distribution; administration; education; monitoring; and use”.
What is Medication Error? National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reportingand Prevention. www.nccmerp.org
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Medication Error Reduction
• A file containing detailed clinical and pharmacoeconomic data of a pharmaceutical product from which evidence-based decisions are drawn for the purpose of guiding adoption and treatment options available to a particular population.
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Formulary Dossier
• The Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee is a Committee of Health Care professionals responsible for the development and surveillance of all medication use policies and practices to assure optimum clinical results and a minimum potential for hazard to patients. The Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee has three primary functions: – Formulary Maintenance
– Safe Medication Use
– Medication Use Evaluation
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Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee
• The process of electronically transmitting data to the point of prescribing subsequent to the creation of a prescription order or record for the purpose of providing the pharmacist with product coverage and safety information.
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On-Line Pharmacy Messaging
