Hospitals do not inform GPs about medication that should be monitored.
Fam Pract
; 17(3): 268-71, 2000 Jun.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10846148
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
General practitioners are now asked to prescribe drugs that, due to possible risks and side effects, had previously been prescribed almost exclusively at hospital.OBJECTIVE:
To assess the quality of hospital letters as the key communication between hospitals and GPs.METHOD:
Hospital letters examined using a predetermined protocol.RESULTS:
Of 224 patients identified who were taking drugs that required regular monitoring, 173 were commenced in hospital. Fewer than one in five (30; 17%) hospital letters indicated that there was a risk associated with the drug or that it should be routinely monitored. Monitoring frequency was identified on only 14 occasions and the majority of letters (129; 74. 6%) did not state who was to be responsible for ongoing monitoring (either GP or hospital). Information was slow to arrive at the practice and, in 12% of cases, the hospital letter had not arrived within 14 days of commencement of medication.CONCLUSION:
The information provided in hospital letters is insufficient to allow GPs to put structures in place to monitor drug therapy.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Prescrições de Medicamentos
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Monitoramento de Medicamentos
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Sistemas de Notificação de Reações Adversas a Medicamentos
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Medicina de Família e Comunidade
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Relações Interprofissionais
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Fam Pract
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido