What do systematic reviews say?

Pharmaceutical care vs usual care

• Interventions to improve the appropriate use of polypharmacy for older people 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  9 studies · 2404 participants
  Very low

Pharmaceutical care vs usual care

It is very uncertain whether pharmaceutical care changes the proportion of patients with one or more potentially… compared with usual care (very low certainty).

• Interventions to improve the appropriate use of polypharmacy for older people 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.81 [0.68, 0.98]
  13 studies · 4534 participants
  Very low

Pharmaceutical care vs usual care

• Interventions to improve the appropriate use of polypharmacy for older people 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 691 participants
  Very low

Pharmaceutical care vs usual care

It is very uncertain whether pharmaceutical care changes the proportion of patients with one or more potential prescribing… compared with usual care (very low certainty).

• Interventions to improve the appropriate use of polypharmacy for older people 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.5 [0.27, 0.91]
  7 studies · 2765 participants
  Very low

Medication reconciliation by pharmacist: database‐assisted MR vs unassisted MR

Medication reconciliation by pharmacist: database‐assisted MR may leads to lower potential ADEs ( ≥ 1 per patient) ( compared with unassisted MR (low certainty).

• Reducing medication errors for adults in hospital settings 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 0.26 [0.1, 0.64]
  2 studies · 3326 participants
  Low

Medication reconciliation: multimodal intervention vs usual care

It is very uncertain whether medication reconciliation: multimodal intervention changes potential ADEs ( compared with usual care (very low certainty).

• Reducing medication errors for adults in hospital settings 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.97 [0.86, 1.09]
  1648 participants
  Very low

CPOE/CDSS: prioritised vs non‐prioritised alerts

• Reducing medication errors for adults in hospital settings 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 participants
  Low

Intervention not reported

• Interventions for reducing medication errors in children in hospital 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  Very low

Intervention not reported

• Interventions for reducing medication errors in children in hospital 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  Low

Intervention not reported

• Interventions for reducing medication errors in children in hospital 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  Low

Intervention not reported

• In‐service training for health professionals to improve care of seriously ill newborns and children in low‐income… 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  Moderate