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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use Adrian Wong, Pharm.D., MPH, FCCP, FCCM, BCCCP Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use Adrian Wong, Pharm.D., MPH, FCCP, FCCM, BCCCP Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use Learning Objectives 1. Apply the principles of pharmacoeconomics to patient care. 2. Differentiate between a medication error, an adverse drug event (ADE)…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use B. Integrating interruptive clinical decision sup- port (CDS) into the EHR. C. Creating a policy requiring that intrave- nous medications can only be prepar…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use BPS Critical Care Pharmacy Examination Content Outline This chapter covers the following sections of the Critical Care Pharmacy Examination Content Outline: 1…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use I.  PHARMACOECONOMICS A. Overview 1. Pharmacoeconomics is the description and analysis of the costs of drugs and pharmaceutical services as well as their e…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use C. Types of Pharmacoeconomic Evaluations (Table 2) 1. There are several types of full economic evaluation. The main difference between the types of full ec…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use aAndexanet = coagulation factor Xa (recombinant), inactivated-zhzo. 4F-PCC = 4-factor prothrombin complex concentrate; QALY = quality-adjusted life-year. Modi…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use D. Application of Pharmacoeconomics 1. Formulary management to determine whether newly marketed or approved medications should be included/excluded with/wi…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use 3. The Joint Commission medication management standard requires hospitals to respond to actual or potential ADEs, significant ADRs, and medication errors. A…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use vi. Category F: An error occurred that may have contributed to or resulted in temporary harm to the patient and required initial or prolonged hospitalizatio…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use i. An example of nonpreventable ADEs would include drug shortages that affect standard of care. The norepinephrine shortage in 2011 was found to be associat…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use 3. The FAERS and VAERS databases are used as postmarketing surveillance systems. Limitations of FAERS and VAERS include the following: a. Lack of certainty…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use 9. The ADE committee should a. Designate which ADEs are preventable, explain why they are preventable, and determine possible preventive measures b. Deter…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use 10. A popular method of reporting ADEs is by the total number of admissions, with an acceptable benchmark of 2.5%–10% (e.g., a hospital with 10,000 admissio…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use iii. Number of alerts inappropriately overridden iv. Patient harm associated with inappropriately overridden alerts c. This fatigue is associated with an i…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use d. Therapeutic drug concentration and abnormal laboratory value monitoring can be another source for ADE detection. The pharmacy may design daily reports th…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use b. Dispensing i. Identification of “problem orders” before pharmacist review ii. Prediction of drug shortages and development of mitigation strategies c.…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use III.  2017 SCCM CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE: SAFE MEDICATION USE IN THE ICU A. Structure of Guideline 1. Developed in 2017 with literature searches up to th…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use 4. Administration a. Guidelines suggest use of bar code medication administration (BCMA) to reduce medication errors and/or ADEs in the ICU (2C). i. Confl…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use E. Safety Measures to Avoid/Manage Drug Interactions 1. Pharmacist review and validation a. Pharmacists are highly trained in pharmacology and drug interac…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use V.  FORMULARY PROCESS A. The drug formulary should be comprehensive and include all the medications needed for patient care. B. The Joint Commission medicat…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use Brand name Generic name Manufacturer Therapeutic classification FDA status: Prescription, nonprescription, or con- trolled substance Look-alike sound-alike na…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use H. Pharmacists developing the drug evaluation monograph must be adept in drug literature evaluation and pharmacoeconomics. I. Drug evaluations should conta…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use Patient Case Questions 6–8 pertain to the following case. Your institution is considering adding angiotensin II (ATII) to the hospital formulary. Angiotensin…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use REFERENCES Pharmacoeconomics Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Quality indicators toolkit. Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators | Agency…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use medication errors. JAMA. 2005;293(10):1197-1203. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.293.10.1197 Lee LM, Carias DC, Gosser R, Hannah A, Stephens S, Templeman WA. A…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS TO PATIENT CASES 1. Answer: A Indirect costs occur from loss of employment or pro- ductivity as the result of illness (Answer A is c…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use 3- to 6-month range, given the novelty of this agent and its cost, it would be important to conduct a medication use evaluation as soon as possible (Answer…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS TO SELF-ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS 1. Answer: B The cost of a medication would be considered a variable medical cost (Answer B is correct…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use Appendix 1. Adverse Drug Event Reporting Form ADVERSE EVENT INFORMATION 1. NAME 2. PATIENT ID # 3. LOCATION 4. AGE 5. SEX 6. REACTION ONSET DATE 7. DATE OF…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use Appendix 1. Adverse Drug Event Reporting Form (continued) KJMC ADVERSE DRUG EVENT REPORTING FORM Modified Naranjo Criteria for Causality (also called ADR Prob…
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Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use Appendix 2. Drug Interaction Probability Scale The drug interaction probability scale (DIPS) is designed to assess the probability of a causal relationship be…