Improving Medication Management in Home Care: Issues and Solutions
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Overview
Help stop the widespread problem of medication errors among the elderly
The problem of medication errors among the elderly is widespread. Improving Medication Management in Home Care: Issues and Solutions tackles this tough issue by closely examining the challenges faced in preventing medication errors in home and community care program settings and putting forth effective solutions to better manage medication use. Respected experts discuss the unique role of the pharmacist in improving patient safety, presenting a comprehensive collection of evidence-based studies featuring national and international viewpoints, cutting-edge interventions, and cost-effective procedures that address medication problems in older adults.
Polypharmacy is the term used for patients receiving too many medications for a specific treatment. The implications for drug-drug interactions can be dangerous for the unaware patient. Improving Medication Management in Home Care: Issues and Solutions focuses on several different effective management programs and examines each in detail, completely explaining the positive—and negative—results. This hands-on practical information is useful for all professionals and field providers working with older adults and their medication concerns. The book also provides valuable lessons through the experiences of national home health leaders in various settings—hospital-based, rural, large or small, etc., as well as community-based programs for dually eligable older adults. The book is extensively referenced and includes an abundance of clear, helpful tables, figures, and Web resources.
Improving Medication Management in Home Care: Issues and Solutions explores:
- developing computerized risk assessment screenings
- implementing pharmacist-centered interventions
- improving transitional care from hospital to home
- the Prescription Intervention and Lifelong Learning (PILL) program
- Medication Therapy Management Services
- a quality-improvement project to reduce falls and improve medication management
- outcome-based quality improvement for patient safety
- intern programs that can provide cost-effective consultant services
Synopsis
Help stop the widespread problem of medication errors among the elderly
The problem of medication errors among the elderly is widespread. Improving Medication Management in Home Care: Issues and Solutions tackles this tough issue by closely examining the challenges faced in preventing medication errors in home and community care program settings and putting forth effective solutions to better manage medication use. Respected experts discuss the unique role of the pharmacist in improving patient safety, presenting a comprehensive collection of evidence-based studies featuring national and international viewpoints, cutting-edge interventions, and cost-effective procedures that address medication problems in older adults.
Polypharmacy is the term used for patients receiving too many medications for a specific treatment. The implications for drug-drug interactions can be dangerous for the unaware patient. Improving Medication Management in Home Care: Issues and Solutions focuses on several different effective management programs and examines each in detail, completely explaining the positive—and negative—results. This hands-on practical information is useful for all professionals and field providers working with older adults and their medication concerns. The book also provides valuable lessons through the experiences of national home health leaders in various settings—hospital-based, rural, large or small, etc., as well as community-based programs for dually eligable older adults. The book is extensively referenced and includes an abundance of clear, helpful tables, figures, and Web resources.
Improving Medication Management in Home Care: Issues and Solutions explores:
- developing computerized risk assessment screenings
- implementing pharmacist-centered interventions
- improving transitional care from hospital to home
- the Prescription Intervention and Lifelong Learning (PILL) program
- Medication Therapy Management Services
- a quality-improvement project to reduce falls and improve medication management
- outcome-based quality improvement for patient safety
- intern programs that can provide cost-effective consultant services
Doody Review Services
Reviewer:David O. Staats, MD(University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center)
Description:This book is a series of articles reprinted from Home Health Care Services Quarterly around the theme of improving medication management in the home care setting.
Purpose:Its purpose is to review interventions that consulting pharmacists can make to improve the quality of care in the home care setting. These studies were funded by the Hartford Foundation.
Audience:The audience here is primarily clinical pharmacists. Those who participate in home care organization and delivery will also find this book of interest.
Features:The common theme of the studies presented here is that the interventions of clinical pharmacists clearly are beneficial in the home health setting.
Assessment:It makes sense that the more complex the drug regimen, the more value there is to a consulting pharmacist reviewing the regimen. Drug duplication, adverse drug reactions, and adverse outcomes such as falling are reduced. Adherence to a drug regimen is increased. If drug regimens in nursing homes are routinely reviewed by consultant pharmacists, it makes sense that equally complex regimens, as seen in home care, benefit from the same interventions by consultant pharmacists. This book nicely documents these facts.
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From The Critics
Reviewer: David O. Staats, MD(University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center)Description: This book is a series of articles reprinted from Home Health Care Services Quarterly around the theme of improving medication management in the home care setting.
Purpose: Its purpose is to review interventions that consulting pharmacists can make to improve the quality of care in the home care setting. These studies were funded by the Hartford Foundation.
Audience: The audience here is primarily clinical pharmacists. Those who participate in home care organization and delivery will also find this book of interest.
Features: The common theme of the studies presented here is that the interventions of clinical pharmacists clearly are beneficial in the home health setting.
Assessment: It makes sense that the more complex the drug regimen, the more value there is to a consulting pharmacist reviewing the regimen. Drug duplication, adverse drug reactions, and adverse outcomes such as falling are reduced. Adherence to a drug regimen is increased. If drug regimens in nursing homes are routinely reviewed by consultant pharmacists, it makes sense that equally complex regimens, as seen in home care, benefit from the same interventions by consultant pharmacists. This book nicely documents these facts.