An Evaluation of Oral Anticoagulant Safety Indicators by England's Community Pharmacies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anticoagulants are life-saving medicines that can prevent strokes for patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF) as well as treating patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE), but when used incorrectly, they are frequently associated with patient harm.

Aim

To evaluate the impact of community pharmacy teams on optimising patient knowledge and awareness and improving medication safety from the use of anticoagulants.

Methods

Two national audits, consisting of 17 questions assessing and improving patients' understanding of anticoagulant therapy, identifying high-risk patients, and contacting prescribers when clinically appropriate were incentivised for England's community pharmacies in 2021-2022 and 2023-2024 using the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) commi

SUBMITTER: Parekh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11417885 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature