Medication Safety and Pharmacy Practice

Dear Colleagues,

As medication therapy experts, pharmacists are responsible for ensuring that patients’ medication therapies are safe, appropriate for their health needs, and effective.  Adverse drug events and medication errors are a public health concern, with many being preventable in nature through the use of different interventions and strategies by pharmacists.  These include, but are not limited to, medication reconciliation, medication therapy management (MTM) services, chronic disease management services (e.g., diabetes, hypertension), medication error reporting, pharmacist integration into interprofessional care teams, and the use of health information technology in practice (e.g., pharmacy-based clinical decision support, barcode systems, electronic prescribing).  This Special Issue focuses broadly on the various ways in which pharmacists contribute to medication safety across different care settings (e.g., community pharmacy, hospital, and home care).  This includes not just the strategies listed, but also the education of pharmacy students, postgraduate trainees, and practicing pharmacists.  It also includes newer strategies such as utilizing pharmacist expertise to engage patients in medication self-management using patient-facing or patient-centered tools and technologies (e.g., patient portals, and mobile health applications).  Innovative strategies including pilot efforts with small sample sizes and limited statistical power, or those that are primarily descriptive in nature are also welcome. A particular focus will be placed on submissions describing the translation of known effective strategies for ensuring medication safety to underserved/under-represented patient populations and/or developing countries.

Dr. Kevin T. Fuji
Guest Editor

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• medication safety
• pharmacy
• pharmacy practice
• adverse drug events
• medication errors
• drug-related problems
• medication therapy management
• patient safety