Systems-Level Interventions to Improve Value in Prescription Medication Use

Interventions to improve medication adherence in schizophrenia.

OBJECTIVE Although nonadherence with the antipsychotic medication regimen is a common barrier to the effective treatment for schizophrenia, knowledge is limited about how to improve medication adherence. This systematic literature review examined psychosocial interventions for improving medication adherence, focusing on promising initiatives, reasonable standards for conducting research in this...

Health Interventions to Improve the Medication Efficacy in Tuberculosis Treatment

Interventions to improve medication reconciliation in primary care.

OBJECTIVE To systematically review all primary care intervention studies designed to implement medication reconciliation for effects on medication discrepancies, clinical outcomes, and patient knowledge of their medications. DATA SOURCES We searched MEDLINE (1988-March 2008); Healthstar (1966-March 2008); CINAHL (1982-March 2008); EMBASE (1980-March 2008); Cochrane Database of Systematic Revi...

Point-of-prescription interventions to improve antimicrobial stewardship.

Antimicrobial stewardship is pivotal to improving patient outcomes, reducing adverse events, decreasing healthcare costs, and preventing further emergence of antimicrobial resistance. In an era in which antimicrobial resistance is increasing, judicious antimicrobial use is the responsibility of every healthcare provider. Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) have made headway in improving a...

Use of computer decision support interventions to improve medication prescribing in older adults: a systematic review.

BACKGROUND Older adults take multiple medications and are at high risk for adverse drug effects. OBJECTIVE This systematic review was conducted to describe the impact of computer decision support (CDS) interventions designed to improve the quality of medication prescribing in older adults. METHODS PubMed and EMBASE databases were searched from January 1980 through July 2007 (English-languag...