SAS 9 Flashcards
A structured evaluation of a patient’s medicines with the aim of optimizing medicines use and improving health outcomes
Medication Review
This uses pharmacy claims data or pharmacy medication histories to examine potential problems such as excessive dosage, drug-drug interactions, and therapeutic duplication
Type 1 medication review
Depends on the type of medication review and the process of data collection on the access to these data
Data Collection
A.k.a medication list; up to date and accurate patient medication history is essential for rational interventions
Medication History
Setting of patient interview
-Patient’s home
-The pharmacy
-Nursing home
Assesses the completeness and accuracy of other sources and highlights issues related to the storage, supply, administration, and handling of medications
Patient Interview
Is a common practice that encourages patients to bring all of their medications to the patient information
Brown Bag Review
Type of explicit instrument for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults, a “drugs-to-avoid” lost designed to reduce the prescribing of these high-risk drugs in nursing home patients.
Beers Criteria
Type of explicit instrument that recognizes the dual nature lf inappropriate prescribing by including a list of potentially inappropriate medications and potential prescribing omissions
STOPP & START
Type of implicit instrument thay established appropriateness per drug
Medication Appropriateness Index
requires a coordinsted collaboration with the other health professionals such as physician and nurses
Agreement on interventions
A record should be kept of all DRPs identified and of all recommended interventions, including the date and time they were made/taken and whether they were verbal or written
Documentation
