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Medicines optimisation: the safe and effective use of medicines to enable the best possible outcomes

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  • Reference number: NG5
  • Published:  04 March 2015
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Research recommendations coming out of this guidance

  • Is a medication review more clinically and cost effective at reducing the suboptimal use of medicines and medicines-related patient safety incidents, compared with usual care or other
    interventions, in children?

  • Is a medication review more clinically and cost effective at reducing the suboptimal use of
    medicines and improving patient-reported outcomes, compared with usual care or other
    intervention in the UK setting?

  • What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of using clinical decision support systems to reduce the
    suboptimal use of medicines and improve patient outcomes from medicines, compared with usual
    care, in the UK setting?

  • What models of cross-organisational working improve clinical and cost effectiveness in relation to the suboptimal prescribing of medicines – for example, between NHS and social care, or primary and secondary care, or between NHS and commercial organisations?

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