Practice and Analysis of Outpatient Medication Consultation for Rational Drug Use in the Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To improve the quality and efficiency of medication consultation and to promote rational drug use in clinic. METHODS: Totally of 520 cases of medication consultation records from the Affiliated Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of TCM during Oct. 2015-Oct. 2016 were selected according to random number table, and then summarized and analyzed statistically in respects of consultation content, age and type of consultants, department, consulted medicine types, the number of combination of TCM and Western medicine, satisfactory degree of consultants, etc. RESULTS: The main consultation contents included usage and dosage (41. 92％), combination of TCM and Western medicine (12. 88％), etc. Consultants mainly aged 50-70 years old (48. 27％), and were mainly the patients and their family members (95. 96％). Consultants were primarily diagnosed in cardiology department and endocrinology department. Top 3 consulted medicine types were cardiovascular system medicines, nervous system medicines, digestive system medicines, and types of Chinese patent medicines were mainly coordinating medicines and activating blood and removing stasis medicines. Types of TCM combined with Western medicine were less than or equal to 3 kinds in 420 cases (80. 77％). Most patients were very satisfied with outpatient medication consultation (93. 65％). CONCLUSIONS: Rational drug use consultation improves medication compliance of patients, meets the needs of patients on medication safety knowledge, and provides a strong guarantee for safe and rational drug use in clinic.