A5073973411- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Pharmacy and Medical Practices
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
2020-2025
Universität Hamburg
2020-2025
Abstract Background Number of drugs are increasing with older age and present a risk factor for various adverse health outcomes. A comprehensive medication therapy management (MTM) before admission elective surgery may help reduce unnecessary potentially inadequate medications (PIM) thus improve patient health. Our goal was to evaluate the implementation PHAROS, perioperative MTM intervention study, from perspective care providers. The PHAROS aimed appropriateness in inpatients at outpatient...
With increasing age, the risk of complications after surgery rises in elderly patients. Furthermore, prevalence multimorbidity and polypharmacy with making this population especially vulnerable for drug-related problems posing an additional postoperative complications. Still, only few studies have concentrated on investigating how medication safety can be improved these The aim pilot study is to examine impact a comprehensive intervention (interprofessional systematic therapy management)...