The impact of a prescription review and prescriber feedback system on prescribing practices in primary care clinics: a cluster randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To evaluate the effectiveness of a structured prescription review and prescriber feedback program in reducing prescribing errors in government primary care clinics within an administrative region in Malaysia.

Methods

This was a three group, pragmatic, cluster randomised trial. In phase 1, we randomised 51 clinics to a full intervention group (prescription review and league tables plus authorised feedback letter), a partial intervention group (prescription review and league tables), and a control group (prescription review only). Prescribers in these clinics were the target of our intervention. Prescription reviews were performed by pharmacists; 20 handwritten prescriptions per prescriber were consecutively screened on a random day each month, and errors identified

SUBMITTER: Lim WY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6053727 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature