Establishment of a quality indicator for pharmaceutical care

Autor: M. Caja, V. Tudela, L. Moreno Royo, A. García-Vivó, I. Romero, M. Gaspar, M. Piquer
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Farmacia Hospitalaria (English Edition). 33:296-304
ISSN: 2173-5085
DOI: 10.1016/s2173-5085(09)70093-0
Popis: Objective To establish a quality indicator for pharmaceutical care in an integral system for personalised medication dispensing (ISPMD) with electronic prescription. Methods Descriptive transversal study. Period: 2007. On a daily basis, we revised the pharmaceutical treatment of patients admitted to hospital units with ISPMD. Study variables: a) suitability of pharmaceutical interventions: important or very important; b) acceptance of those interventions. The LASER® method was used to identify patients with improvement opportunities. Results In absolute terms (mean [SD]): important pharmaceutical interventions, 26.6 (14.8); very important, 31.5 (24.6); acceptance, 57.5 (25.9). Percentages (95% CI): pharmaceutical interventions: important, 33.7 (9.3–58.0); very important, 39.80 (17.7–62.2); acceptance, 72.6 (64.7–80.5). Conclusions Implementation of the quality indicator for pharmaceutical care allowed us to evaluate the clinical significance and the acceptance rate of the pharmaceutical care being provided.
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