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This review highlights key 2019 literature on the medication-use process (MUP) to improve health-system pharmacy practice. It identifies and summarizes impactful studies across prescribing, dispensing, administration, and monitoring for daily practice enhancement.

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  • Health-System Pharmacy
  • Medication Safety

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  • The medication-use process (MUP) is fundamental for safe medication use in healthcare.
  • The MUP encompasses prescribing/transcribing, dispensing, administration, and monitoring.
  • Continuous evaluation of the MUP is crucial for optimizing patient care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify, prioritize, and summarize 2019 literature impacting health-system pharmacy daily practice.
  • To evaluate articles based on their potential to drive changes in daily pharmacy operations.
  • To provide a curated list of impactful research for health-system pharmacists.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted a PubMed search for 2019 literature using targeted keywords.
  • Searched tables of contents of selected pharmacy journals.
  • Reviewed 4,317 identified articles, selecting 66 for further analysis.
  • Ranked articles by peer review to identify key publications in each MUP component.

Main Results:

  • Identified 66 practice-enhancing articles from 2019.
  • Seventeen articles focused on prescribing/transcribing.
  • Seventeen articles focused on dispensing.
  • Seven articles focused on administration.
  • Twenty-five articles focused on monitoring.
  • Key articles were summarized, with others listed for review.

Conclusions:

  • Regularly reviewing literature is essential for incorporating significant findings into practice.
  • This article aids health-system pharmacists in identifying impactful MUP literature.
  • Awareness of key studies can facilitate practice changes at the institutional level.