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The Scottish Polypharmacy Guidance app in practice
Author(s) -
Barnett Nina,
Minshull John,
Algebory Mona,
Dave Krupa,
Jhingan Monica,
Kalsi Devinder,
Lawal Funke,
Said QuratullAnne,
Saran Gurpreet
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1847
Subject(s) - polypharmacy , medicine , medication therapy management , protocol (science) , primary care , family medicine , nursing , alternative medicine , pharmacology , pharmacist , pharmacy , pathology
Medication reviews are an integral part of effective medicines optimisation. The NHS Scotland Polypharmacy Guidance – Medicines Review provides an app that is convenient to use in all care settings, giving users access to up‐to‐date, evidence‐based guidance. Currently, pharmacists conduct medication reviews using a combination of personal experience and national guidance; however, there is no agreed protocol for this. In this scoping exercise, eight medication review pharmacists from two neighbouring trusts conducted medication reviews for 64 patients to explore how the clinical section of the app compared with their usual care in terms of identifying drug‐related problems across various care settings.