Effects of an integrated medicines management program on medication appropriateness in hospitalized patients

• DOI: 10.2146/ajhp080176
• Publication Date: 2009-04-22T18:06:09Z
• Authors: Kathryn M. Burnett; Michael G. Scott; Glenda F. Fleming; Christine M. Clark; James C. McElnay
• Keywords: Mean difference

The effects of an integrated medicines management (IMM) program on medication appropriateness are discussed.Patients enrolled in IMM project within a hospital were randomly allocated to either control or intervention group. Patients the group received standard pharmaceutical care, while patients service. medications prescribed was estimated admission and discharge using Medicines Appropriateness Index (MAI), which ranged from 0 (no prescribing problems) 18 (most problems). For each scored, difference between MAI scores for individual calculated.Scoring completed 1711 117 patients. There statistically significant (p = 0.03) mean groups (5.69 versus 9.97, respectively). also 0.00003) (17.48 5.69, respectively) had +/- S.D. -11.78 14.64, -3.19 11.80. 0.0011) two groups.This study demonstrated improvements receiving service compared with who did not receive this