What is effective medicine management?
Effective medicines management places the patient as the primary focus, thus delivering better targeted care and better informed individuals. There is good evidence that medicines management supports better and more cost effective care.
What is medicine management in pharmacy?
Medicines Management is a system of processes and behaviours that determines the way that medicines are used by patients in the NHS. Getting medicine use “right” has the potential to not only improve patient outcomes but also contribute to patient safety.
How does medicine management differ from medicine Optimisation?
Medicines optimisation differs from medicines management in a number of ways but most importantly it focuses on outcomes and patients rather than process and systems. This focus on improved outcomes for patients is likely to help ensure that patients and the NHS get better value from the investment in medicines.
What is medicine Optimisation RPS?
Medicines optimisation helps the right patients to get the right medicines at the right time. It examines how patients may stop or start their medicines, how they use them over time and how lifestyle changes or non-medical therapies might reduce the need for medicines.
What are the 5 R’s for medication safety?
One of the recommendations to reduce medication errors and harm is to use the “five rights”: the right patient, the right drug, the right dose, the right route, and the right time.
What are the 5 components of MTM?
MTM includes five core elements: medication therapy review, a personal medication record, a medication-related action plan, intervention or referral, and documentation and follow-up.
What does a medication manager do?
Medication management includes monitoring, reconciling medications, and ensuring patients get the desired outcomes. It requires a thorough review of prescribed drugs and their possible side effects to create treatment plans and monitor their safety and efficacy.