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Drug Repurposing Hypothesis Generation Using the "RE:fine Drugs" System
Published on: December 11, 2016
Focusing on changing clinical practice to enhance rational prescribing--collaboration and networking enable
Arja Helin-Salmivaara1, Risto Huupponen, Timo Klaukka
1ROHTO, Finnish Medical Society Duodecim, PO Box 713, FIN-00101 Helsinki, Finland. arja.helin@duodecim.fi
Abstract:
Most western societies are enhancing rational pharmacotherapy to get best value for the constantly increasing expenditure on drugs. Government bodies and the medical profession took joint responsibility for the education programme for rational prescribing, launched in Finland at the end of the 1990s. The goals were to enhance critical thinking, and when appropriate, change prescribing behaviour. Various approaches that included evidence-based continuing medical education (CME), implementing clinical guidelines, delivering information, and providing prescribing feedback were used simultaneously. The commitment of the stakeholders and participants has been strong and the approaches have succeeded even though there is no clear outcome measure. The Government has recently decided to continue and widen the process, which started as a pilot programme, on a tight budget.
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