Promoting evidence-based practice in pharmacies

Evidence-based medicine aims to optimize decision-making by using evidence from well-designed and conducted research. The concept of reliable evidence is essential, since the number of electronic information resources is increasing in parallel to the increasing number and type of drugs on the market...

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Published in:Integrated pharmacy research and practice 2015-01, Vol.4 (Issue 1), p.127-131
Main Author: Toklu, Hale Zerrin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical decision making
Clinical trials
Decision making
Drug therapy
Editorials
evidence based
Information sources
Medical research
Medicine
outcome
Patients
pharmaceutical
Pharmaceuticals
pharmacist
Pharmacists
Pharmacology
pharmacotherapy
pharmacy
practice
Primary care
rational use of medicine
Researchers
Review
Substance abuse treatment
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Summary:Evidence-based medicine aims to optimize decision-making by using evidence from well-designed and conducted research. The concept of reliable evidence is essential, since the number of electronic information resources is increasing in parallel to the increasing number and type of drugs on the market. The decision-making process is a complex and requires an extensive evaluation as well as the interpretation of the data obtained. Different sources provide different levels of evidence for decision-making. Not all the data have the same value as the evidence. Rational use of medicine requires that the patients receive "medicines appropriate to their clinical needs, in doses that meet their own individual requirements, for an adequate period of time, and at the lowest cost to them and their community." Pharmacists have a crucial role in the health system to maintain the rational use of medicine and provide pharmaceutical care to patients, because they are the drug experts who are academically trained for this purpose. The rational use of the pharmacist's workforce will improve the outcome of pharmacotherapy as well as decreasing the global health costs.
ISSN:2230-5254
2230-5254
DOI:10.2147/IPRP.S70406