Publications by authors named "Megane Jermini"
Background: Adverse drug events contribute to rising health care costs. Clinical pharmacists can reduce their risks by identifying and solving drug-related problems (DRPs) through medication review.
Aim: To develop an economic model to determine whether medication reviews performed by clinical pharmacists could lead to a reduction in health care costs associated with the prevention of potential adverse drug events.
Article Synopsis
- Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS), like PharmaCheck, can help prevent adverse drug events (ADEs) by assisting clinical pharmacists in spotting high-risk situations during patient care.
- During a study, PharmaCheck generated 447 alerts in 383 patients over 132 days, resulting in 90 interventions, with an overall positive predictive value (PPV) of 20.1%.
- When pharmacists filtered alerts, the clinical PPV increased significantly to 71.0%, highlighting their crucial role in managing medication safety and reducing alert fatigue among physicians.
Complementary medicine (CM) is used by one third to one half of cancer patients throughout the world. The objective of this study was to describe the prevalence of CM use and the potential for interactions with cancer treatments in an academic oncology centre. A cross-sectional study was conducted among patients undergoing current cancer treatment.
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