Impact of Pharmacist Intervention in Quality Improvement Program at the Time of Hospital Discharge in a Tertiary Care Hospital

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10.2991/978-94-6463-813-4_27How to use a DOI?

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Prescription error; adverse drug event; drug related problems; out-patient; in patient; chronic kidney disease; hypertension; drug related problems

Abstract

Prescription errors are one of the leading cause of harm to the patient at the time of discharge, although advanced technology and computerized systems have improved the field of medicine, medication errors will occur. According to who unsafe medication practices and prescription errors are a leading cause of avoidable harm in health care systems worldwide globally, the cost associated with prescription errors has been estimated at us $42billion annually. Several interventions have been tested for their effectiveness, research has demonstrated that pharmacists play a crucial role in minimizing prescription errors and enhancing patient safety. This study seeks to review the outcome of pharmacist intervention in quality improvement program during hospital discharge at a tertiary care hospital setting to find pharmaceutical inaccuracies in prescriptions that being released. To estimate the effectiveness of pharmacist –led interventions in improving medication adherence and reducing medication errors during hospital discharge. To identify barriers and challenges encountered in implementing pharmacist-led interventions in discharge process and propose strategies to overcome them. In order to assess those errors, we chosen a scale NCCMERP to evaluate the relevance by using ANOVA student t-test. Through this study, we investigated the occurrence of prescription inaccuracies and implemented the role of clinical pharmacist to avoid those errors. As we know that the chances of occurring medication error is very common during discharge time due to physician’s busy schedule. In order to avoid those errors occurred during discharge time, the clinical pharmacist impact is demonstrated in this study to improve the quality. In this study, medication errors were categorized by considering factors like age, gender, no. of medications used, no. of discharged prescriptions of multiple departments as critical criteria.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Shaik Shehanaz
AU  - Kothapalli Pratyhyusha
AU  - Bhupathi Pujitha
AU  - Battu Manasa
AU  - Shaik Asha Begum
AU  - Mallela Maharshi
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/08/13
TI  - Impact of Pharmacist Intervention in Quality Improvement Program at the Time of Hospital Discharge in a Tertiary Care Hospital
BT  - Proceedings of the International symposium on Sustainable Drug Design and Nanoparticle development: Quantum and Computational Perspectives (SDDNDQCP 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 357
EP  - 365
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-813-4_27
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-813-4_27
ID  - Shehanaz2025
ER  -