Evaluation of the M*Adhere Standard for Patient Efficacy and Health Economics System (M*Adhere SPEHEC® ) in Pharmaceutical Management / 医薬品情報学

ABSTRACT

Objective: In order to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of pharmacotherapy and maximize the benefit/risk ratio, patient follow-up after medication is imperative. Such follow-up includes medical adherence, drug efficacy, early detection and treatment of adverse events. All pharmacy pharmacists should, at their service counter, select and correctly identify the most noticeable symptoms of adverse drug reactions for the patient, especially with their other roles and responsibilities. Thus, we evaluated the usefulness of M*Adhere SPEHEC® in pharmaceutical management.Methods: During the month of April 2019, 21 pharmacists at six pharmacies responded to the survey.Results: Of 21 pharmacists, 18 (85.7%) stated that the efficiency and/or quality of pharmacotherapy management had improved. The system enabled evidence-based identification of drug adverse event symptoms, and the time for pharmaceutical care was reduced by an average of 2 min.Conclusion: Based on these results, M*Adhere SPEHEC® was confirmed to be highly useful in improving the efficiency and quality of pharmaceutical management for patient follow-up.