Healthcare experts from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and University of Illinois at Chicago analyzed studies regarding medication errors and safety to co-author an article titled "Principles of Conservative Prescribing," which was published in the most recent issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
In their outline, the authors called on prescribing healthcare providers to:
• When possible, turn to treatments that do not require drugs
• Exercise "strategic prescribing," such as postponing non-urgent drug treatment
• Be increasingly aware of adverse medication outcomes
• Be increasingly cautious of new drugs
• Work with patients on a drug regimen
• Weigh potential long-term impacts or outcomes of prescribing a certain drug or other treatments
Read the article Principles of Conservative Prescribing.
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In their outline, the authors called on prescribing healthcare providers to:
• When possible, turn to treatments that do not require drugs
• Exercise "strategic prescribing," such as postponing non-urgent drug treatment
• Be increasingly aware of adverse medication outcomes
• Be increasingly cautious of new drugs
• Work with patients on a drug regimen
• Weigh potential long-term impacts or outcomes of prescribing a certain drug or other treatments
Read the article Principles of Conservative Prescribing.
Related Articles on Medication Safety:
FDA Warns of Medication Error: Name Confusion Between Risperidone and Ropinirole
Storage and Access of Multi-Dose Medications Used for More Than One Patient: Q&A With Phenelle Segal of Infection Control Consulting Services
American Regent Initiates Single Lot Recall of Methyldopate HCL Injection
