Title: Clinical Outcomes of Medication Therapy Management Services in Primary Health
Care
Authors: Simone de Araújo Medina Mendonça, Angelita Melo, Gabriela Cristina Coelho
Pereira, Danielle Maria de Souza Serio dos Santos, Elisa Brandão Grossi, Maria Do
Carmo Vilas Boas Sousa, Djenane Ramalho de Oliveira & Adriana Soares
Year of Publication: 2016
Place of Publication: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The study first established that pharmaceutical care materialized into medication
therapy management (MTM) may be reproducible and widely-used in developed countries but
in developing countries such as Brazil, it is still limited. This is also the current setting in the
Philippines (also a developing country), where pharmacists work mainly in activities related to
acquisition and inventory control of drugs, with little involvement in direct patient care. The
results of the study concluded that the management of patients’ drug therapy by MTM had
positive outcomes in medication use and control of medical conditions. By adapting MTM in
the Philippines, Filipino patients could benefit by engaging in a more comprehensive
medication therapy and monitoring thus improving control and preventing aggravation of
health conditions.
Reference: Mendonça, S., Melo, A., Pereira, G.C., Santos, D.M., Grossi, E.B., Sousa, M.B.,
Oliveira, D., & Soares, A. (2016). Clinical outcomes of medication therapy management
services in primary health care. Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 52, 365-373.