Aligning Formulary Restrictions Across a Health System and Improving Access to and Clarity of Medication Restrictions

摘要

BackgroundIn 2013, formulary medications were aligned among the three hospitals within our health system. However, as formulary medication restrictions were not aligned, the three hospitals continued to have inconsistent medication restrictions. This led to confusion among prescribers and pharmacists about which medications were restricted, what the restrictions were, and where to access information about the restrictions. To alleviate this confusion, we set out to align formulary restrictions and to provide medication restriction details at the points of entering and verifying medication orders.