Developing an evidence-based pharmacist-led, IT-based intervention to reduce hazardous medicines management in primary care

摘要

Prescribing errors in primary care have been found in 7.5% of prescriptions1 and contribute to preventable drug-related admissions to hospital (PDRA) which account for a median of 3.7% of admissions.2 Much work has been done on prescribing errors in secondary care, and pharmacist interventions are widely accepted. However, the role of pharmacists in primary care is less accepted, and less is known about the causes of errors in this setting. This paper describes a programme of work that has culminated in the development of a successful pharmacist-led, information technology (IT) based intervention to reduce hazardous medicines management in primary care.