Self-care and self-medication practices are essential components of any health care systems. The use of over-the-counter (OTC) medications is a part of the self-medication process. The popularity of OTC medication use among patients may increase the abuse potential of OTC medications. With pharmacists being as accessible as they are, they are often the first line of contact for patients, and ha...

BACKGROUND Patients with chronic conditions often use complex medical regimens. A nurse-led strategy to support medication therapy management incorporated into primary care teams may lead to improved use of medications for disease control. Electronic health record (EHR) tools may offer a lower-cost, less intensive approach to improving medication management. METHODS AND RESULTS The Northweste...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a medication self-management education program on medication awareness, communication with health care provider, medication misuse behavior, and blood pressure in elders with hypertension. METHODS The research design for this study was a non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental design. Participants were 23 elders for the co...

BACKGROUND Medication self-management in stroke patients is important to prevent further progression of disease and incidence of side effects. The purpose of this study was to create a formula for predicting medication self-management introduction in stroke patients using functional independence measure items and patient data, including medication-related information. METHODS This was a retro...

Medication errors (ME) are frequent in the admission of patients to ICU and can be identified prevented through medication reconciliation (MR). Our aim was evaluate incidence, type severity MEs associated factors, during MR ICU. This is a prospective, analytical approach, performed private hospital, where MRs were evaluated from April June 2016. The SPSS Stata programs used analyse data. Logist...

BACKGROUND Most patients cannot remember their entire medication regimen and occasionally forget to take their medication. OBJECTIVES The objective of the study was to design, develop, and demonstrate the feasibility of a new type of medication self-management system using smartphones with real-time medication monitoring. METHODS We designed and developed a smartphone-based medication self-...

introduction: despite potential benefits of cpoe (computerized physician order entry) systems, recent studies have cast some doubts on their role in reducing errors. cpoe systems with poorly designed interfaces have proven to cause dissatisfaction and introduce new kinds of errors in the ordering process. the main objective of this study is to identify problems related to a cpoe medication syst...