Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, authorizes the implementation of the Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Card Program. This program is designed to help people in Medicare with the cost of prescription drugs. In the past several years as prescription drugs have increased, a number of Medicare beneficiaries have begun to use drug discount cards for outof-pocket expenditures. In the l...

Sir, Prescription writing is one of the most important and basic skills that a doctor needs. Specifi c training and supervision in prescription should be emphasized during undergraduate and postgraduate teaching to minimize related errors.[1] These prescription errors may lead to adverse drug events. The study done to assess adverse drug events by Bates et al. found 28% of adverse drug events t...

Evaluation and improvement of drug management process is essential for patient safety. The present study was performed whit the aim of assessing risk of drug management process in Women Surgery Department of QEH using HFMEA method in 2013. A mixed method was used to analys failure modes and their effects with HFMEA. To classify failure modes; nursing errors in clinical management model, for cla...

Evaluation and improvement of drug management process is essential for patient safety. The present study was performed whit the aim of assessing risk of drug management process in Women Surgery Department of QEH using HFMEA method in 2013. A mixed method was used to analys failure modes and their effects with HFMEA. To classify failure modes; nursing errors in clinical management model, for cla...

Antibiotics represent the most widely prescribed therapeutic agents. The prevalence of drug prescription differs across age, with preschool children being most exposed to antibiotic drugs, especially in the community setting. A review with the aim to compare the profile of antibiotic drug prescription at the multinational, national and regional levels was performed. This overview of drug-utilis...

BACKGROUND Prescription drug misuse and abuse has reached epidemic levels in the U.S., and stands as a leading cause of death. As the primary gatekeepers to the medications contributing to this epidemic, it is critical to understand the views of licensed health care professionals. OBJECTIVE In this study, we examine health care professionals' concern regarding prescription drug abuse in their...

CONTEXT The full effect of Medicare Part D, after the initial policy transition period and across the United States Medicare population, remains unclear. OBJECTIVE To estimate nationally representative changes in prescription drug use and out-of-pocket drug costs 2 years after implementation of Part D. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS We examined study outcomes over 8 years (2000 to 2007) ...

This study mainly highlights the importance of regular prescription auditing which helps to improve overall quality writing pattern and as well paves a better path upliftment healthcare system. The aim this was assess drug-drug interactions Psychiatric drugs in tertiary care hospital. Prescription prescriptions carried out using World Health Organization Recommendations Drug-drug interaction (D...