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Medicine Optimisation reducing hospital readmission
There is a major drive within healthcare to reduce patient readmissions to hospital. MOIC has led research on how a medicines optimisation clinic can change readmission to hospital rates and lead to...
Critical care drug requirements during Covid 19
The critical care drug requirements paper by MOIC has now been published in EJHP and can be accessed via this link: http://ejhp.bmj.com/cgi/rapidpdf/ejhpharm-2020-002368 The main aim of this work...
The Covid 19 pandemic
The Covid 19 pandemic has meant that we have all had to adjust to new ways of working and MOIC are focusing their efforts on helping the region respond to the pandemic through research, assessment...
MOIC and Ulster University to play leading role in new research into smart and healthy ageing
The Medicines Optimisation Innovation Centre (MOIC) hosted within the Northern Health and Social Care Trust and Ulster University have recently joined a major innovative inter-disciplinary health...
NHSCT roll out Telephone Discharge Pharmacy Service
MOIC recently were involved in evaluating a post discharge pharmacy follow up service in Northern Trust. Patients taking lots of medication are at a higher risk of medication related problems such...
Professor Mike Scott receives David Samway award
Professor Mike Scott Head of Pharmacy Northern Trust and Director of MOIC has received the David Samways award from the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists (GHP) procurement and distribution interest...