Primary Care Medication Safety Surveillance with Integrated Primary and Secondary Care Electronic Health Records: A Cross-Sectional Study

Akbarov, Artur; Kontopantelis, Evangelos; Sperrin, Matthew; Stocks, Susan J.; Williams, Richard; Rodgers, Sarah; Avery, Anthony; Buchan, Iain; Ashcroft, Darren M.

doi:10.1007/s40264-015-0304-x

All Outputs (4)

Supporting adherence for people starting a new medication for a long-term condition through community pharmacies: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the New Medicine Service (2015)
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Objective: To examine the effectiveness of the New Medicine Service (NMS), a national community pharmacy service to support medicines-taking in people starting a new medicine for a long-term condition, compared with normal practice. Methods: Pragm... Read More about Supporting adherence for people starting a new medication for a long-term condition through community pharmacies: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the New Medicine Service.

Examining variations in prescribing safety in UK general practice: cross sectional study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2015)
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Study question: What is the prevalence of different types of potentially hazardous prescribing in general practice in the United Kingdom, and what is the variation between practices? Methods: A cross sectional study included all adult patients pot... Read More about Examining variations in prescribing safety in UK general practice: cross sectional study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Clinical characteristics of persistent frequent attenders in primary care: case–control study (2015)
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Background. Most frequent attendance in primary care is temporary, but persistent frequent attendance is expensive and may be suitable for psychological intervention. To plan appropriate intervention and service delivery, there is a need for research... Read More about Clinical characteristics of persistent frequent attenders in primary care: case–control study.

Primary Care Medication Safety Surveillance with Integrated Primary and Secondary Care Electronic Health Records: A Cross-Sectional Study (2015)
Journal Article

Introduction: The extent of preventable medication-related hospital admissions and medication-related issues in primary care is significant enough to justify developing decision support systems for medication safety surveillance. The prerequisite for... Read More about Primary Care Medication Safety Surveillance with Integrated Primary and Secondary Care Electronic Health Records: A Cross-Sectional Study.