Open AccessImpact of Pharmacists to Improve Patient Care in the Critically Ill: A Large Multicenter Analysis Using Meaningful Metrics With the Medication Regimen Complexity-ICU (MRC-ICU) Score*
Author(s) -
Andrea Sikora,
Deepak Nag Ayyala,
Megan A. Rech,
Sarah B. Blackwell,
Joshua Campbell,
Meghan M. Caylor,
Melanie Smith Condeni,
Ashley DePriest,
Amy Dzierba,
Alexander H. Flannery,
Leslie A. Hamilton,
Mojdeh Heavner,
Michelle Horng,
Joseph Lam,
Edith Liang,
Jennifer Montero,
David J. Murphy,
Angela M. Plewa-Rusiecki,
Alicia Sacco,
Gretchen L. Sacha,
Poorvi Shah,
Michael P. Smith,
Zachary Smith,
John Radosevich,
Antonia L. Vilella
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.002
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1530-0293
pISSN - 0090-3493
DOI - 10.1097/ccm.0000000000005585
Subject(s) - medicine , pharmacist , regimen , psychological intervention , emergency medicine , intensive care unit , intensive care , odds ratio , observational study , intensive care medicine , pharmacy , nursing
Despite the established role of the critical care pharmacist on the ICU multiprofessional team, critical care pharmacist workloads are likely not optimized in the ICU. Medication regimen complexity (as measured by the Medication Regimen Complexity-ICU [MRC-ICU] scoring tool) has been proposed as a potential metric to optimize critical care pharmacist workload but has lacked robust external validation. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that MRC-ICU is related to both patient outcomes and pharmacist interventions in a diverse ICU population.