OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of patient notification of impending formulary changes on formulary adherence. METHODS This pilot program in a large, Midwest-based health insurer utilized a randomized controlled trial research design. A list of 30 chronic-use medications that were to change formulary status were selected for the pilot. A review of adjudicated pharmacy claims records was perf...

BACKGROUND Formulary management is a key component to ensuring the safe, effective, and fiscally responsible use of medications for health systems. One challenge in the formulary management process is making the most relevant formulary information easily accessible to practitioners involved in medication therapy decisions at the point of care. In September 2014, Froedtert and the Medical Colleg...

CONTEXT Today, the use of herbal medicine for primary healthcare has increased considerably. Since local pharmacists graduate with little knowledge on herbal medicine, the majority are ill-equipped to provide pharmaceutical advice. AIMS To develop and evaluate a herbal medicine formulary to aid healthcare professionals (HCPs) in the prescribing, dispensing and counselling responsibilities. ...

BACKGROUND Medication non-adherence is prevalent. We assessed the effect of electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) with formulary decision support on preferred formulary tier usage, copayment, and concomitant adherence. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 14,682 initial pharmaceutical claims for angiotensin receptor blocker and inhaled steroid medications among 14,410 patients of 2189 primary...

Hospitals should follow the National Formulary when prescribing medications. In accordance with Formulary, percentage of drug prescriptions in a hospital must be at least 80%, according to health service quality indicator standard number 30 2022 about prescriptions. One West Nusa Tenggara Province's class C hospitals, Sumbawa Regional General Hospital treats patients Health Insurance (NHI), who...

This chapter provides insights into how an evidence-based approach is vitally important to help inform the decisions reached by formulary managers and pharmacy & therapeutics committees. Specifically, it explains (1) what a formulary system is, (2) the advantages and disadvantages of utilizing a formulary system, (3) the qualities of an effective system, including details about an evidenceand v...

Drug formularies are a necessary part of medication management in hospitals and health systems. The system-level P&T committee at BJC HealthCare, a multihospital health system in St. Louis, Missouri, developed an approach to standardization of a system-wide formulary using available layered learners to complete the work in an expedited manner before implementation of a system-wide electronic me...

OBJECTIVE To study trends and variation in adherence to the main national formulary for the 20 most prevalent health problems in Dutch general practice over a 5-year period (2003-07). METHODS Routine electronic medical records from a pool of 115 representative general practices were linked to the main national formulary. Analyses included over 2 million prescriptions for 246 391 patients. The...

Formulary is a continually revised compilation of pharmaceuticals and some important ancillary information that reflects the current clinical judgement of medical staff. This prospective survey study was carried out to develop a Hospital Formulary for the rural tertiary care teaching hospital. Well designed suitable questionnaires were piloted and given to the staff of Paediatric Department. Dr...