Reduced prevalence of drug-related problems in psychiatric inpatients after implementation of a pharmacist-supported computerized physician order entry system - a retrospective cohort study.

Introduction: In 2021, a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system with an integrated clinical decision support system (CDSS) was implemented at a tertiary care center for the treatment of mental health conditions in Lübeck, Germany. To date, no study has been reported on the types and prevalence of drug-related problems (DRPs) before and after CPOE implementation in a psychiatric inpatient setting. The aim of this retrospective before-and-after cohort study was to investigate whether the implementation of a CPOE system with CDSS accompanied by the introduction of regular medication plausibility checks by a pharmacist led to a decrease of DRPs during hospitalization and unsolved DRPs at discharge in psychiatric inpatients.

Short and mid-term impact of community pharmacy-based medication reviews on medication- and patient-related outcomes in Germany.

Objective: To assess the effect of a routine medication review service in German community pharmacies (ATHINA) on drug-related problems (DRPs) and patient-related outcomes.

Materials And Methods: From 2015 to 2017, ATHINA patients were invited by their pharmacists to participate in a prospective, observational trial, meaning that they needed to attend to a follow-up visit (T2) 3 - 6 months after the routine ATHINA baseline (T0) and concluding visit (T1) to assess implementation rates of the pharmacists' interventions. Moreover, they were asked to fill in 2 surveys on drug treatment-related quality of life and satisfaction with the amount of information received about medicines at T0, T1, and T2.

Structure and Content of Drug Monitoring Advices Included in Discharge Letters at Interfaces of Care: Exploratory Analysis Preceding Database Development.

Background: Inadequate drug monitoring of drug therapy after hospital discharge facilitates adverse drug events and preventable hospital readmissions.

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the structure and content of drug monitoring advices of a representative sample of discharge letters as a basis for future electronic information systems.

Methods: On 2 days in November 2016, all discharge letters of 3 departments of a university hospital were extracted from the hospital information system.

Guidance on how to achieve comprehensible patient information leaflets in four steps.

Comprehensible information leaflets can improve a patient's knowledge. However, in clinical studies leaflets are often introduced without meticulously verifying their comprehensibility. In an attempt to provide a feasible guidance on how to design comprehensible leaflets we complied and evaluated an easy-to-use development procedure.