A new set of Polypharmacy indicators have been developed by the Prescribing Team of ISD Scotland, these indicators include:
- Polypharmacy outcome related measures
- Case finding indicators
- Unscheduled care outcome measures
The prescribing team also produce standard reports, to measure polypharmacy prevalence in the population. Summary and comparator reports are made available to authorised PIS users.
For access to these measures or for further information please visit the ISD Scotland website or contact nss.isdprescribing@nhs.net
There has been further development of using high-risk medication measures to develop a suite of 69 Case Finding prescribing and monitoring indicators. Many of these measures can be also used as Clinical Outcomes indicators, where a fall in the number of patients affected may be seen following intervention. All 69 Case Finding indicators have been developed within the Scottish Therapeutics Utility (STU) and will enable practices to run searches to identify patients for review.
For a full list of indicators which are available, please click here.