Studies from Midwestern University Update Current Data on Managed Care (Improving Clinical Decision Support in Pharmacy: Toward the Perfect DUR Alert)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- New research on Managed Care is the subject of a report. According to news reporting out of Glendale, Arizona, by VerticalNews editors, research stated, "The cornerstone of every health care profession is decision making. Historically, the decisions made by pharmacists have focused on ensuring the accuracy and physical integrity of the pharmaceutical product delivered to the patient in strict compliance with the prescriber's order."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Midwestern University, "As the role of the pharmacist evolved over the past half century, the focus of decision making progressively shifted from a product-centric orientation to optimizing the interaction that occurs between the pharmaceutical product and the patient. Toward that end, prospective drug utilization review (pro-DUR) represents, perhaps, the quintessential expression of the pharmacist's contemporary clinical role. Fueled by evolving practice standards, innovations in information technology, and legal mandates such as The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, computer-assisted pro-DUR systems have become a ubiquitous component of pharmacy practice. While these data-driven clinical decision support systems have clearly demonstrated their ability to improve the quality and safety of medication delivery and use, they have yet to fully achieve their promised potential."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Doing so will require recognition of continuing shortcomings and a shared commitment by all stakeholders to develop and adhere to best practice guidelines that will better ensure that alerts received by practitioners are valid, interpretable, clinically significant, and actionable."

For more information on this research see: Improving Clinical Decision Support in Pharmacy: Toward the Perfect DUR Alert. Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy, 2017;23(1):38-43. Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy can be contacted at: Acad Managed Care Pharmacy, 100 N Pitt St, 400, Alexandria, VA 22314-3134, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting M.T. Rupp, Midwestern Univ, Glendale, AZ, United States.

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