National Medication Utilization Evaluation Program in Saudi Arabia

Yousef Ahmed Alomi,Abeer Hussin Almasoudi

doi:10.5530/ijpcs.2019.8.25

Abstract

International Journal of Pharmacology and Clinical Sciences,2019,8,3,156-157.DOI:10.5530/ijpcs.2019.8.25Published:September 2019Type:Review ArticleAuthors:Yousef Ahmed Alomi, and Abeer Hussin Almasoudi Author(s) affiliations:Yousef Ahmed Alomi*, The Former General Manager of General Administration of Pharmaceutical Care and Head, National Clinical pharmacy, and Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacy R & D Administration, MOH, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Abeer Hussin Almasoudi, Director, Administration of Research and Studies, Ministry of Health, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Abstract:The national Medication Utilization Evaluation Program at the Ministry of health in Saudi Arabia with complimentary of physician order techniques is new system founded in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The programming part of pharmacy strategic planning and national pharmacy practice at health care services at the Ministry of health. The Medication Utilization Evaluation program started with evidence-based medicine guidelines. The new project of Medication Utilization Evaluation physician order was one the outcome of the program. The program steps development through central committee by Pharmacy department at the most prominent hospital crossover regions in Saudi Arabia. The project is complementary of pharmaceutical concept and alerting system of misuse of medications and subsequences medication-related problems and avoids the unnecessary economic burden on the healthcare system. The new national Medication Utilization Evaluation project is new in Saudi Arabia, Gulf, and Middle East counties. Keywords:Evaluation, Medication, Ministry of Health, Ministry of health in Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, UtilizationView:PDF (1.57 MB) PDFClick here to download the PDF file. Images National Medication Utilization Evaluation Program in Saudi Arabia

Highlights

The medication use evaluation program is very beneficial system of awareness of misuse of medications and economic burden of healthcare services in Saudi Arabia.[1,2] The American of Health System Pharmacist (ASHP) and the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) released the standard of medications use evaluation program.[3,4] The General Administration of Pharmaceutical care implementation, the national medication use evaluation program stated in 2014 among several national pharmacy practice program at Ministry of Health institutions.[5,6] The program followed the previous both international hospital societies
The strong points of the project were, easy way to implement Medication Use Evaluation program, it is easy way to collect the data of Medication Use Evaluation, it is a clinical pathway of Medication Use Evaluation, educational tool for new staff; it fit the accreditation and requirements of national organizations of accreditation health care institutions, it is control of hospital formulary and prevents miss-use if medications
The Medication Use Evaluation physician Oder based on evidence based on current and update literatures and American Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) (3)(4)

Summary

INTRODUCTION

The medication use evaluation program is very beneficial system of awareness of misuse of medications and economic burden of healthcare services in Saudi Arabia.[1,2] The American of Health System Pharmacist (ASHP) and the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) released the standard of medications use evaluation program.[3,4] The General Administration of Pharmaceutical care implementation, the national medication use evaluation program stated in 2014 among several national pharmacy practice program at Ministry of Health institutions.[5,6] The program followed the previous both international hospital societies. The strong points of the project were, easy way to implement Medication Use Evaluation program, it is easy way to collect the data of Medication Use Evaluation, it is a clinical pathway of Medication Use Evaluation, educational tool for new staff; it fit the accreditation and requirements of national organizations of accreditation health care institutions, it is control of hospital formulary and prevents miss-use if medications. The general administration of pharmaceutical care at MOH sent a memo in early May 2014 to each region to started and implement the program It is evidence-based medication use evaluations at cross over of hospital at Ministry of Health in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Medication Use Evaluation physician Oder based on evidence based on current and update literatures and American Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) (3)(4) It designed through Medication Use Evaluation committee and headed by the author. The manual physician order sent to information technology to convert as electronic physicians order entry for each institution

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