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Optimising medical treatment: How pharmacist-acquired medication histories have a positive impact on patient care
Slee A, Farrar K, Hughes D, Constable S. Optimising medical treatment: How pharmacist-acquired medication histories have a positive impact on patient care. Pharmaceutical Journal. 2006 Dec 16;277:737-739.

Article describes a multicenter prospective study to identify whether a proactive clinical pharmacy review of a patient's treatment at the point of admission could potentially avoid adverse events. The authors conclude that there is a role for a proactive pharmacist review of medical patients on admission to identify the medication needs of individual patients and to correct prescriptions where these are not in line with those needs.

 

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