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MEDICINES OPTIMISATION INNOVATION CENTRE

MEDICINES OPTIMISATION INNOVATION CENTRE. Overall aim: to work towards better patient outcomes by initiating, developing & sharing best  practice with regards to medicines use.   Achieved through: Research Quality Improvement Knowledge transfer Innovation. Current key initiatives.

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MEDICINES OPTIMISATION INNOVATION CENTRE

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  1. MEDICINES OPTIMISATION INNOVATION CENTRE • Overall aim: to work towards better patient outcomes by initiating, developing & sharing best  practice with regards to medicines use.   • Achieved through: • Research • Quality Improvement • Knowledge transfer • Innovation

  2. Current key initiatives • Launch & establishing the Centre  • Involvement in EU grants • Knowledge transfer in relation to pharmacy systems developed in NI • Continued development technology solutions • Training and development of other Health Care Professionals   • Develop Public - Private cross-sector working thereby helping the local economy

  3. Background: Academic Practice Unit • Academic practice unit between Antrim Area Hospital & QUB established in 1994 • Over 60 papers, almost 100 posters and abstracts, 13 PhDs, 50 MSc and Diplomas • Established Integrated Medicines Management (IMM) in Northern Ireland

  4. Drug history at admission reduction of 4.2 errors per patient Length of stay reduced by 2 days Increased time to readmission (20 days) Kardexmonitoring (inpatient) 5.5 interventions per patient Faster medication rounds > 25 minutes per day saved Faster discharge > 90 minutes quicker More accurate discharge < 1% error rate compared to 25% by medical staff Integrated Medicines Management (IMM) in Northern Ireland

  5. Bespoke locker Hospital Metalcraft Ltd Safe Therapeutic Economic Pharmaceutical Selection (STEPSelect) Digitalis Ltd Amsterdam Electronic Pharmacist Intervention Clinical System (EPICS) Yarra Software Ltd Medicines Reconciliation Software (Writemed)Yarra Software Ltd Antimicrobial Surveillance System (LAMPS) Yarra Software Ltd Enabling Technology

  6. Pharmaceutical Industry • Continuity of Care Post – hospitalisation of patients at risk of medicines related problems – ABPNI • Hospital pharmacist led smoking cessation scheme- PFIZER • A number of new projects are being scoped

  7. KnowledgeTransfer Success • Regional in Northern Ireland • Numerous Trusts in England • Uppsala in Sweden • Skane in Sweden • Tallaght Hospital in Southern Ireland • Drogheda Hospital In Southern Ireland • Central Norway

  8. Education and TrainingColleagues From - • Sweden • Norway • South of Ireland • Erasmus Programme with Poland • Programme with the Spanish Hospital Pharmacists Association • Exchange Programme with Orbisch Medisch Centrum Sittard, The Netherlands • Jordan • Palestine • Estonia • Numerous visits from English Colleagues • New Zealand

  9. Partners for work in in this area includes: Goldshield; Clinimax; Iskus Health; University of Ulster; QUB Alcohol gel Hand hygiene Chlorhexidine products/formulations Chlorine dioxide Use of procedure packs Environmental processes Health Care Acquired Infections(Microbiology, Infection Control and Hotel Services)

  10. Other key initiatives • European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing: Three Star Reference Site Status for Medicines Management • Healthcare-SAT Secure Analytics Tagging: ARCNET • European Connected Health Alliance: Medicines Optimisation inter-ecosystem group

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