Showing posts with label pharmaceutical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pharmaceutical. Show all posts

Thursday, 3 July 2014

Collaborative pharmaceutical care in an Irish hospital

"PACT improved the quality and safety of prescribing for medical patients receiving acute hospital care: it reduced the prevalence of all medication error and potentially severe error; it improved the quality of prescribing in patients aged 65 years or older" 

Collaborative pharmaceutical care in an Irish hospital: uncontrolled before-after study
TC Grimes, E Deasy, A Allen, J O'Byrne, T Delaney, J Barragry, N Breslin, E Moloney, C Wall
BMJ Quality and Safety, 2014; 23: 574-583

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Thursday, 15 May 2014

Professional standards for homecare services in England

"The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Professional Standards for Homecare Services in England aims to ensure that patients experience a consistent quality of homecare services that will protect them from incidences of avoidable harm and help them to get the best outcomes from their medicines"

Handbook for homecare services in England: professional standards
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
May 2014

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New medicines, better medicines, better use of medicines

"The Guide ... highlights the major challenges and opportunities faced when creating new medicines, improving existing medicines or ensuring the better, safer use of medicines, and makes recommendations and calls for action."

New medicines, better medicines, better use of medicines: a guide to the science underpinning pharmaceutical practice 
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
May 2014

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