Development and performance evaluation of the Medicines Optimisation Assessment Tool (MOAT): a prognostic model to target hospital pharmacists' input to prevent medication-related problems.

Cathy Geeson; Li Wei; Bryony Dean Franklin

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Development and performance evaluation of the Medicines Optimisation Assessment Tool (MOAT): a prognostic model to target hospital pharmacists' input to prevent medication-related problems.

July 31, 2019

Geeson C, Wei L, Franklin BD. BMJ Qual Saf. 2019;28(8):645-656.

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This article describes the development and validation of a scoring tool to identify patients most at risk for adverse drug events. The authors suggest that an external validation study is needed to determine whether this tool accurately predicts which patients could benefit most from pharmacist consultation during hospitalization.

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