BACKGROUND In a recent study, 50% of the patients who were admitted to a hospital's general medicine ward had at least one error in medication orders at the time of admission related to inaccuracies in the medication history. The use of computerized prescription databases has been suggested as a way to improve medication reconciliation at the time of admission. OBJECTIVE To quantify and descr...

Background and aim: Giving improper prescriptions is common among medical practitioners, mostly graduates, in most communities even developed countries. So far, to our knowledge, no study has been conducted on prescription writing of graduate midwifery students. Therefore, this study aimed to detect prescription writing errors of midwifery students in common gynecological problems. Methods: In ...

Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess the prescription pattern by Medical practitioners and to analyze the types of medication errors observed in public sector Hospitals. Methods: Trainee Pharmacists during internship in my supervision were assigned to examine the prescriptions for drug prescription patterns as well as the same prescriptions and patients were examined for medica...

BACKGROUND There is some concern that patients with mental illness may be in receipt of inferior medical care, including prescribed medication for medical conditions. AIMS We aimed to quantify possible differences in the prescription of medication for medical conditions in those with v. without mental illness. METHOD Systematic review and random effects meta-analysis with a minimum of three...

PURPOSE Efforts to provide medication assistance to the rural poor in central Louisiana are described. SUMMARY The Central Louisiana Medication Access Program (CMAP) began functioning in 2001 with the objective of providing medication assistance and medication education to the rural poor in the community. The program serves individuals who use the outpatient clinic at the state-run public hos...

BACKGROUND Hemodialysis patients (HD) need to adhere to a complex medication regimen. Because their daily pill burden is one of the highest reported, poor compliance is a major cause of therapeutic failure. The primary aim of this study was to define patterns of medication prescription, intake and documentation among HD patients. METHODS HD patients treated between 2007 and 2009 and assigned ...

PURPOSE To estimate the point prevalence of self-medication among adolescents aged 18 years and to evaluate the type of drugs used (either over-the-counter or prescription drugs) and socioeconomic, health-related, and behavioral correlates of self-medication. METHODS This cross-sectional study used data from the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study. Data were obtained through the administ...

Parent and peer disapproval were examined as potential predictors of recreational use of over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription pain medication. Risk perception was studied as a potential mediator of the effects of parent and peer disapproval. Four hundred and sixty-five college students (M age = 18.57, SD = 0.86) were recruited between September 2009 and September 2010. Participants completed...

OBJECTIVE Determining prescription patterns for outpatient medication authorised for patients affiliated to an EPS and assisted by medium- and high-level complexity IPS. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study where medication prescription was evaluated in 331 second- and third-level complexity hospitals from 27 Colombian departments during 2006. RESULTS 38 863 prescriptions for 3 663 pati...

BACKGROUND After reports of increasing emergency department (ED) visits for unsupervised pediatric medication exposures in the 2000s, renewed efforts to improve safety packaging and education were initiated. National data on current trends can help further target interventions. METHODS We used nationally representative data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-Cooperative A...