Medicatiebeoordeling 2.0

Almost half of medication-related hospital admissions are preventable. In the primary care setting structured medication reviews (SMRs) are an effective tool to detect and prevent medication errors that may cause harm to patients. Increasingly, SMRs are also being carried out in the clinical setting. SMRs are usually carried out by pharmacists who are well trained in pharmacology and in detecting medication errors. However, the implementation rate of the pharmaceutical interventions that result from SMRs is too low. We have introduced a multidisciplinary pharmacotherapy team of pharmacists and medical doctors into the clinic to carry out Medication review 2.0. The team performs SMRs to detect and prevent medication errors in hospital patients, improves the implementation rate of pharmaceutical interventions by enhancing transmural communication, and gives training and support to clinical prescribers in doing an SMR.

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