Medication Management Made Easy: Your Key to Understanding Medication Management in Health Care Settings Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9781635852196 ISBN-10: 1635852196 Copyright: 2021 Edition: 1st Author: The Joint Commission, Doody's Expert Review    Score: 85 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Jaime Gray,  PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM  (Temple University Health System) Description This book presents the Joint Commission overview of medication management standards, including most of the standards of the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual, in order to help develop a foundation in effective medication management systems. Purpose The purpose of this book is to provide a resource to those who direct, participate in, or support the medication management system within a healthcare organization. The book provides an in-depth explanation about the medication management standards in a simplistic fashion, making it easy for any audience to understand and put into action. Audience This book is written for a multidisciplinary group, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, nurses, physicians, accreditation professionals, and staff educators. The authors have diverse healthcare backgrounds including nurses, pharmacists, business, and quality improvement. Additionally, some of the authors serve as Joint Commission field surveyors for healthcare organizations. Given the complexity of health system medication management, this book is an excellent compilation to establish the importance and understanding of the multidisciplinary approach to successful medication management. Features This book covers most of the medication management standards including overview of medication management; selecting, procuring, safely securing, and storing medications; ordering and transcribing medications; preparing, dispensing, and administering medications; monitoring patient reactions; evaluating the medication management process; and establishing an antimicrobial stewardship program. While these are important and are covered well, some concepts are fairly straightforward, especially for those who have worked in a healthcare setting for some time. I personally would have liked to see more detail on the medication management standard related to high-alert/hazardous medications and look-alike/sound-alike medications. Overall, this book gives a good summary for those seeking an introduction to medication management standards or to bring staff up to speed on the importance of these standards in order to prepare for Joint Commission surveys. For seasoned staff, who have worked in a healthcare setting for a few years (especially pharmacists), this may be a more basic review. Assessment This book presents a nice concise review of the basic principles of medication management. It provides helpful explanations with examples where appropriate in relation to the medication management standards. This allows readers to better interpret, understand, and apply these standards in practice. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 10 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 4 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 4 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 3 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 3 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 3 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book N/A 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 6 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? N/A ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.