Conclusion
Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the total prescriptions per year in United States have increased rapidly, and the study done above confirms that these increasing prescribing rates are causing significant damage to the country’s health. As the number of prescriptions increase, the amount of prescription harm recorded not only follows but increases at a significantly higher rate. This disproves my original hypothesis and indicates that the prescription process is currently flawed, and this flaw primarily originates within the drug monitoring systems.
Improving Prescription Drug Monitoring
As explained by Dr. William Yang, the increasing prescription rates alone should not be alarming as they can be attributed to the advancements in diagnostic technology, but the current drug monitoring systems are incapable of managing the superior number of prescriptions. As highlighted by the recent efforts of INSPECT, the drug harm trends can be reversed by improving prescription drug protocols.
According to the Alliance of States with Prescription Monitoring Programs, as of October …show more content…
Although the majority of states have monitoring programs, Julie Worley, an assistant professor of nursing at Rush University in Chicago, has studied trends in doctor shopping behaviors and stated many of these systems have many issues and are outdated (Dotinga, 2015). Drug protocols need to be put into place on newly enhanced or released medicine before prescribed to ensure the safety of the patient. Also, all physicians should be required to attend training periodically to stay informed on these new developments. Improvements in medicine are beneficial to society’s health, but necessary monitoring must first be established to avoid the potential
Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the total prescriptions per year in United States have increased rapidly, and the study done above confirms that these increasing prescribing rates are causing significant damage to the country’s health. As the number of prescriptions increase, the amount of prescription harm recorded not only follows but increases at a significantly higher rate. This disproves my original hypothesis and indicates that the prescription process is currently flawed, and this flaw primarily originates within the drug monitoring systems.
Improving Prescription Drug Monitoring
As explained by Dr. William Yang, the increasing prescription rates alone should not be alarming as they can be attributed to the advancements in diagnostic technology, but the current drug monitoring systems are incapable of managing the superior number of prescriptions. As highlighted by the recent efforts of INSPECT, the drug harm trends can be reversed by improving prescription drug protocols.
According to the Alliance of States with Prescription Monitoring Programs, as of October …show more content…
Although the majority of states have monitoring programs, Julie Worley, an assistant professor of nursing at Rush University in Chicago, has studied trends in doctor shopping behaviors and stated many of these systems have many issues and are outdated (Dotinga, 2015). Drug protocols need to be put into place on newly enhanced or released medicine before prescribed to ensure the safety of the patient. Also, all physicians should be required to attend training periodically to stay informed on these new developments. Improvements in medicine are beneficial to society’s health, but necessary monitoring must first be established to avoid the potential