Friday, September 19, 2008

Blog 4 Quality Tool

Your Medicine Play It Safe

I thought this was a neat tool that someone taking a lot of medications would find handy. There is a form that has a place to list your doctors and their phone numbers, your nurse’s name and phone number, your pharmacist name and phone number, and a 24 hour Pharmacy and its phone number. This list is to be kept with you meds in case you a question concerning a certain medication. This tool also has a list of questions that should be asked before some medications are taken. The last thing I thought was interesting was the tips. Tools such as this, is just another attempt to better the quality of healthcare. This article listed 7 tips for people that take a lot of medications. If you have to take a lot of prescribed medications feel free to click on the link below. You are sure to find some helpful hint.

http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/safemeds/safemeds.htm