Implementing an ICT-Based Polypharmacy Management Program in Italy.
Transl Med UniSa
; 16: 24-29, 2017 Jan.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28775966
ABSTRACT
Although there is evidence of a growing awareness of the problem, no official policy statements or regulatory guidelines on polypharmacy have been released up to date by Italian Health Authorities. Medication review, application of appropriateness criteria and computerized prescription support systems are all possible approaches in order to improve the quality of prescribing in older persons. More focused training courses on multimorbidity and polytherapy management are encouraged. Furthermore a multidisciplinary approach integrating different health care professionals (physicians, pharmacists, and nurses) may positively impact on reducing the sense of fear related to discontinue or substitute drugs prescribed by others; the fragmentation of therapy among different specialists; reducing costs; and improving adverse drug reaction detection and reporting. Aiming at achieving the individualized pharmacotherapy, a multidisciplinary approach starting with identification of patients and risk for drug-related problems, followed by medication review overtime and use of inappropriateness criteria, supported by computerized systems has been proposed.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
Transl Med UniSa
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italy
Publication country:
IT
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ITALIA
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ITALY
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ITÁLIA