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Improving the Effectiveness of Medication Review: Guidance from the Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
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although routine medication reviews primary care practice recommended identify drug therapy problems often difficult get patients bring medications office visits objective study determine whether medication review tool agency healthcare research quality health literacy universal precautions toolkit help improve medication reviews primary care practicesthe toolkits brown bag medication review implemented rural private practice missouri urban teaching practice california practices recorded outcomes medication reviews 45 patients toolkit implementation changed medication review processes based guidance toolkit six months later conducted interviews practice staff identify changes made result implementing tool practices recorded outcomes medication reviews 41 additional patients data analyses compared differences whether medications brought visits number medications reviewed drug therapy problems identified changes medication regimens implementationinterviews revealed practices made changes recommended toolkit encourage patients bring medications office visits evaluation implementation revealed 3fold increase percentage patients brought prescription medications 6fold increase number prescription medications brought office visits percentage reviews drug therapy problems identified doubled percentage medication regimens reviseduse health literacy universal precautions toolkit help identify drug therapy problems