Community-hospital pharmacist detection of drug-related problems upon patient admission to small hospitals.

摘要: A method was developed to increase community-hospital pharmacist consultation on patient drug use in order detect drug-related problems upon admission the hospital. medication history takenon criteria-selected patients admitted two hospitals distant, but similar, geographically small and isolated areas. Tho total number of selected 392. Information about prior obtained from participating community pharmacists their prescription records profiles. It found by pharmacist-acquired histories that one five had a preexisting problem admitting physician acknowledged probably contributed necessitated professional communication. These included: adverse response prescribed therapy, misuse or noncompliance, effect diet treatment more than prescriber, therapeutic ineffectiveness inappropriateness therapy. Drug were not obtainable 25.6% patients.