Assessing the State of Comprehensive Medication Management in a Sample of Primary Care Clinics

摘要

Comprehensive medication management (CMM) is an important tool to address medication-related morbidity and mortality and reduce health care costs. Medication therapy problems (MTPs) are a significant and costly barrier to improving patient outcomes1 and with more than half of all Americans taking at least one prescription drug,2 the need to manage and optimize patients' medications is greater than ever.