Preventing Medication Errors and Improving Drug Therapy Outcomes: A Management Systems Approach

by Charles D. Hepler, Richard Segal

Overview

Read this book in order to learn:

Why medicines often fail to produce the desired result and how such failures can be avoided

How to think about drug product safety and effectiveness

How the main participants in a medications use system can improve outcomes and how professional and personal values, attitudes, and ethical reasoning fit into

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135503451
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/25/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	434
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Charles D. Hepler, Richard Segal

Table of Contents

The Second Drug Problem. Morbidity and Mortality from Medication Use. Understanding Adverse Drug Therapy Outcomes. People and Purpose in Medication Use. Access, Cost, and Quality Issues in Medication Use. Prescribing and Prescribing Influence. Medications Use System Performance Information. Outline of a Medications Use System. Effect of Pharmaceutical Care Systems on Outcomes and Costs. A Pharmaceutical Care System. Medications Management System. Managed Care. Managed Care Strategies to Influence the Cost, Access, and Quality of Medications Use. A Market Perspective. Finding a Way toward Medicines Use Systems.