Medication regimen complexity vs patient acuity for predicting critical care pharmacist interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Quantifying and predicting critical care pharmacist (CCP) workload has significant ramifications for expanding CCP services that improve patient outcomes. Medication regimen complexity has been proposed as an objective, pharmacist-oriented metric that demonstrates relationships to patient outcomes and pharmacist interventions. The purpose of this evaluation was to compare the relationship of medication regimen complexity versus a traditional patient acuity metric for evaluating pharmacist interventions.

Summary

This was a post hoc analysis of a previously completed prospective, observational study. Pharmacist interventions were prospectively collected and tabulated at 24 hours, 48 hours, and intensive care unit (ICU) discharge, and the electronic medical record was r

SUBMITTER: Smith SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8975577 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature