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PROMISe to document clinical interventions in Australian community pharmacies
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Williams, Mackenzie and Peterson, GM and Tenni, PC and Bereznicki, LRE, PROMISe to document clinical interventions in Australian community pharmacies, Australian Pharmacist, 28, (2) pp. 162-164. ISSN 0728-4632 (2009) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Drug-related problems (DRPs) are well known as a frequent
cause of morbidity, hospital admission and mortality. A
systematic review conducted in 2002 found that 7.1 % of
hospital admissions resulted from DRPs,l while the Second
National Report on Patient Safety reported in 2003 that
2-4% of all hospital admissions in Australia (and up to
30% of admissions for patients over 75 years of age) were
medication-related, Seventy-five percent of these DRPs were
considered preventable.' DRPs that cause hospitalisation are
likely to have originated during the course of the patient's
community-based care; however, many occur in the community
setting and donot result in presentation to a hospital.
Pharmacists are frequently involved in preventing, detecting
and resolving DRPs during the course of their activities.
This DRP detection and resolution process can be termed a
clinical intervention. Although studies have been conducted in
North America3·9 and Europe.":" there is far less information
available concerning the nature and frequency of community
pharmacists' clinical interventions in Australia
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | document clinical interventions PROMISe |
Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences |
Research Field: | Clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions |
UTAS Author: | Williams, Mackenzie (Dr Mackenzie Williams) |
UTAS Author: | Peterson, GM (Professor Gregory Peterson) |
UTAS Author: | Tenni, PC (Dr Peter Tenni) |
UTAS Author: | Bereznicki, LRE (Professor Luke Bereznicki) |
ID Code: | 57704 |
Year Published: | 2009 |
Deposited By: | Pharmacy |
Deposited On: | 2009-08-10 |
Last Modified: | 2010-10-06 |
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