(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Al Wakra Hospital (AWH) has opened a medication therapy management clinic, offering consultancy services to patients, especially those on long-term care plans for chronic diseases.
The clinic aims to obtain the best medication results for patients and to minimise medicine side-effects. It provides support to patients by encouraging them to commit to their medication regimen or other treatment through regular follow-up.
Dr Rasha al-Anany, director of pharmacy at AWH, said, "The Medication Therapy Management Clinic which is a unique concept in Qatar, is focused on improving the quality of healthcare in the country and offer enhanced pharmaceutical care to patients.
"The clinic is dedicated to offer patients improved support, not only by providing medical prescriptions but also to work closely with doctors to assist in the management of medication. This is done in a way that negative influence of medication is minimised and patients are educated and guided carefully.
"The clinic is led by clinical pharmacists, who are specialists that assess and review the prescription. In addition, they will take the patients through the process of risk assessment of medication by informing them of the side-effects of the medication, in comparison to laboratory tests for optimum health results."
Dr Tamir Nabil, head of pharmacy informatics and projects at AWH, said, "This project is the result of four months of hard work and co-ordination among the pharmacy teams at the hospital, which enabled the successful launch of the clinic."
He added that the clinic has been equipped with state-of-the-art technology to enhance treatment or medication effects for patients. The clinic uses an electronic follow-up system for patient treatment plans through various methods. It also has an electronic
tracking system.
"The clinic follows from the pharmacy department's commitment to offering the best possible care to patients. In recent years, AWH has utilised latest technologies to offer better care to patients including, the introduction of a robot called "ROWA" that dispenses the medication to patients in the out-patient clinic pharmacy, and another robot in the laboratory for the preparation of intravenous medication for in-patients," he added.
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