Prescribe, Review, Now!: an assessment of adequate PRN analgesia and associated laxative prescribing using Hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (HEPMA)
Introduction On HEPMA there is no way to notify a prescriber if patients are regularly accessing PRN (as-required) analgesia. We aimed to assess how well PRN analgesia use is identified, the WHO analgesic ladder and whether laxatives were prescribed with opioid analgesia.Methods 3 data collection cy...
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| Main Authors: | Matthew McMillan, Alexandra Jayne Burgess |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2023-02-01
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| Series: | BMJ Open Quality |
| Online Access: | https://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/12/1/e002090.full |
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