PDL has chosen to describe the charting and prescribing activity by hospital pharmacists as Collaborative Pharmacist-led Charting and Prescribing (CPCP), though it may also be known as Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting (PPMC), Partnered Pharmacist Medication Prescribing (PPMP), Collaborative Optimisation and Ordering of Medications (COOM) or other descriptors.
PDL acknowledges there are benefits from these activities including quality, timeliness and efficiency of patient care, plus positive outcomes for organisations, prescribers and pharmacists. A review of the literature on Austra…
