Terms | Definition |
Pharmaceutical Care | The responsible provision of drug therapy for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve a patient's quality of life [11] |
Medicines Management | Medicines management supports better and more cost-effective prescribing in primary care, as well as helping patients to manage medications better. Good medicine management can help to reduce the likelihood of medication errors [12] |
Medicine Optimisation | Medicines optimisation represents a step change, it is a patient-focused approach to getting the best from investment in and use of medicines that requires a holistic approach, an enhanced level of patient centred professionalism, and partnership between clinical professionals and a patient [13] |