Evaluation of a pharmacist-led actionable audit and feedback intervention for improving medication safety in UK primary care: An interrupted time series analysis.

Niels Peek Wouter T Gude Richard Neil Keers Richard Williams Evangelos Kontopantelis Mark Jeffries Denham L Phipps Benjamin C Brown Anthony J Avery Darren M Ashcroft

Published in: PLoS medicine (2020)

The SMASH intervention was associated with reduced rates of potentially hazardous prescribing and inadequate blood-test monitoring in general practices. This reduction was sustained over 12 months after the start of the intervention for prescribing but not for monitoring of medication. There was a marked reduction in the variation in rates of hazardous prescribing between practices.

Keyphrases

primary care
randomized controlled trial
healthcare
adverse drug
general practice
emergency department