solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes Unplanned Review the use of hospital medicines most admissions commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and To reconcile Management of readmissions medicines at medicines through audit and discharge from following individual patient hospital discharge from reviews. hospitals, intermediate care Put in place and into care changes to including reduce the identifying and prescribing of rectifying these medicines unexplained to Ensure that Signposting changes and patient groups. patients are working with referred to the patients and appropriate community healthcare pharmacists to professional for Repeat and ensure patients the appropriate implement a receive the level of care practice repeat medicines they within an prescribing policy. need post appropriate period discharge. of time e.g. Manage the pathology results, repeat prescribing Set up and common/minor reauthorisation manage systems ailments, acute process by to ensure conditions, long reviewing patient continuity of term condition requests for medicines supply reviews etc. repeat to high‐risk prescriptions and groups of patients reviewing (e.g. those with medicines medicine reaching review compliance aids dates and flagging or those in care up those needing homes). a review.
solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes Unplanned hospital admissions Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews. Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to patient groups. Management of medicines at discharge from hospital To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge. Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high‐risk groups of patients (e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes). Signposting Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc. Repeat and implement a practice repeat prescribing policy. Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review.
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