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The transition to medication system performance indicators
Topics in Hospital Pharmacy Management
|December 9, 1994
Summary
Hospitals can improve care quality and reduce costs by integrating total quality management and continuous quality improvement into drug use evaluations. This creates performance indicators for medication systems, using heparin dosing as a model.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Quality Improvement
Background:
- Healthcare providers face economic and competitive pressures.
- There is a need for improved care quality and cost reduction.
- Traditional drug use evaluation needs enhancement.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop critical performance indicators for medication systems.
- To integrate quality management techniques into drug use evaluation.
- To demonstrate the application of these indicators using heparin dosing.
Main Methods:
- Integrating total quality management (TQM) and continuous quality improvement (CQI) into drug use evaluation.
- Developing critical performance indicators for medication systems.
- Utilizing heparin dosing as a model for indicator development.
Main Results:
- Established a methodology for creating medication system performance indicators.
- Demonstrated the integration of drug therapy processes with operational modalities.
- Provided a model for enhancing drug use evaluation.
Conclusions:
- The developed indicators can help healthcare providers improve medication system performance.
- Integrating TQM and CQI offers a framework for enhancing drug use evaluation.
- This approach supports both quality improvement and cost reduction in healthcare.