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Some of the provisions required by the REMS program are training and certification of physicians allowed to prescribe the drug, requiring that the drug be administered in a hospital setting, requiring pharmacies to verify the status of patients receiving REMS drugs, requiring lab testing of patients to ensure that health status is satisfactory ...
Prospective drug utilization review refers to assessing appropriate drug and decision making therapeutically before patients' medication are dispensed. [10] This prospective review is based on the history recording of the drug and medication. Then, practitioners could assess therapy for patients on the basis history recording. [11]
The Medication Safety Officers Society formerly known as The American Society of Medication Safety Officers (ASMSO) [58] is a not-for-profit association established in 2006 with a mission to advance and encourage excellence in the profession of pharmacy by providing leadership, direction, education and communication among its members, to ...
The National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHS Standards) are Australia's principal health care standards, and apply to all health services including inpatient, outpatient, and community care. [5] There are 8 standards: Clinical governance; Partnering with consumers; Preventing and controlling infections; Medication safety
Because of the complexity of medications including specific indications, effectiveness of treatment regimens, safety of medications (i.e., drug interactions) and patient compliance issues (in the hospital and at home), many pharmacists practicing in hospitals gain more education and training after pharmacy school through a pharmacy practice ...
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is an American 501(c)(3) organization focusing on the prevention of medication errors and promoting safe medication practices. [1] It is affiliated with ECRI. [2]
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Examples of areas to reduce medication errors and improve safety include: Training professionals or using databases to compare new and previous prescribed medications to prevent mistakes, also known as "medication reconciliation", [145] prescribing through an electronic medical record system and/or using decision support systems that has ...