Which of the following patient monitoring functions detects drugs prescribed to a patient that are in the same pharmacologic-therapeutic classification?
Drug-drug interactions
Drug-allergy interactions
Drug-food interactions
Therapeutic duplication
Therapeutic duplication
Rationale: Therapeutic duplication is the term used to describe the method of detecting patients being prescribed medications with the same pharmacologic-therapeutic classification.
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What will be an ideal response?
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A. educational B. legal C. administrative D. continuity of care
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What will be an ideal response?