Quality indicators for appropriate in-hospital pharmacotherapeutic stewardship: An international modified Delphi study
Article describes the development of a set of 35 quality indicators that can be used to guide hospitals in setting up an in-hospital pharmacotherapeutic stewardship programme to reduce in-hospital prescribing errors and improve in-hospital medication safety.
Source:
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
SPS commentary:
The quality indicators (QIs) forming a framework for In-hospital Pharmacotherapeutic Stewardship was established in collaboration and consensus with an international expert panel of clinical pharmacologists, medical doctors and pharmacists associated with the European Association of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. The authors note this is “an important first step towards reducing in-hospital prescribing errors and associated harm at an international level.”