Sustained improvement in drug documentation, compliance, and disease control. A four-year analysis of an ambulatory care model
- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 144 (6) , 1159-1162
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.144.6.1159
Abstract
The effectiveness of an intervention program involving a clinical pharmacist and nurse clinician in improving drug documentation in medical records, patient compliance, and disease control was analyzed. Medical records and prescription files were reviewed for patients in a rheumatology and renal clinic. Compliance was estimated by examining prescription refill patterns. Reviews were performed before intervention (control group), 9 mo. after intervention (study group 1), and 4 yr 9 mo. after the intervention program began (study group 2). A 6-mo. retrospective analysis at each review point demonstrated a significant improvement in drug documentation, compliance, and disease control (blood pressure [BP]) for both study groups. A significant correlation was found between compliance (refill patterns) and BP control.sbd.correlation coefficient .vphi. for the control group, 0.67 for study group 1 and 0.89 for study group 2. Cost reductions associated with this intervention program suggest that this program is cost-effective.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: