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Objective was to focus on integration of cancel Rx both from provider end and pharmacy end to reduce inappropriate therapy
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- Study conducted in Brigham and Women’s - 1.5% of all discontinued prescription medications in their target medication study sample were dispensed by pharmacies. - More importantly, investigators reported at least 50 patients, or 12% of those receiving discontinued medications, had experienced some adverse outcome that ranged from mild side effects to life-threatening allergic reactions. |
Prescribers and pharmacists should reach out to their software technology providers and convey to them the urgency and the need to implement the CancelRx /Response Rx transaction capability |
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