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Green, amber, red: a study of the changing status of low priority 'green' patients in a clinical pharmacy patient 'triage' system.

Turner, N.; Cunningham, Scott

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N. Turner



Abstract

Prescription for Excellence is a programme that maps the future of pharmacy in Scotland, highlighting the importance of access to clinical pharmacy services. Clinical pharmacy resources are limited and pharmaceutical care cannot be provided to all patients every day. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde clinical pharmacy service has implemented a 'triage' system, to highlight and prioritise patients in delivering pharmaceutical care. It categorises patients as either 'red' (high priority), 'amber' (moderate priority) or 'green' (low priority). Once patients are categorised as 'green', they will not be reviewed by a clinical pharmacist again until discharge. Though in development, there were no agreed criteria for ongoing clinical pharmacy review of these patients.

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TURNER, N. and CUNNINGHAM, S. 2015. Green, amber, red: a study of the changing status of low priority 'green' patients in a clinical pharmacy patient 'triage' system. Presented at the 44th European symposium on clinical pharmacy (ESCP 2015), 28-30 October 2015, Lisbon, Portugal.

Presentation Conference Type Conference Paper (unpublished)
Conference Name 44th European symposium on clinical pharmacy (ESCP 2015)
Start Date Oct 28, 2015
End Date Oct 30, 2015
Deposit Date May 22, 2017
Publicly Available Date May 22, 2017
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Keywords Prescription for excellence; Clinical pharmacy services; Scotland; Triage system
Public URL http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2331
Contract Date May 22, 2017

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