Sunday, December 13, 2015

Implementing rational prescription practices through regular online-learning and clinical-audit: A working proposal for continuing health professional education

Summary:

Introduction: Prescribing the right medicine to the right person is a complex task that requires co-ordination between multiple clinical stakeholders (health professionals, patient relatives and patients) even when guided through standard operating procedures.

Methods: A web based system that utilizes regular patient data from bedside to bench is used to monitor and optimize medicine-prescriptions in any given health-centre through conversational clinical decision support delivered online to health professionals that allows not only for safe prescribing but also provides flexibility to meet individual patient requirements. 

Online-health-record samples from working model:

Here are a few of our online-records: http://globaludhc09.blogspot.in/2015/12/blog-post.htmlhttp://globaludhc09.blogspot.in/2015/11/a-50-years-old-man-with.html, http://www.udhc.co.in/INPUT/displayIssueGraphically.jsp?topic_id=1066 not only illustrating the online-health-records but also how we managed with nothing more than the essential drug list EDL medications. 

Here's another one http://www.udhc.co.in/INPUT/displayIssueGraphically.jsp?topic_id=1269 showing how there are few rare patients who may require drugs even outside the EDL although as again illustrated in the same d=record these patients can on occasion also require the EDL drugs as well. 

Results (and Derivable Impact):  Reduction in inappropriate prescribing practices with resultant positive change in local drug utilization patterns.

Why will health professionals adopt/adapt this? What are their rewards?

They will receive regular recognition and career incentives for a rational, transparent and accountable prescription performance resulting in better health outcomes for patients.


Common case-scenarios: A patient with Fever



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