Medication Therapy Management
Medication Therapy Management (MTM) is a distinct service or group of services provided by health care providers, including pharmacists, to ensure the best therapeutic outcomes for patients. MTM includes five core components: medication therapy review, a personal medication record, a medication-related action plan, intervention or referral, and documentation and follow-up.
Pronunciation
Medication Therapy Management: /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən ˈθɛrəpi ˈmænɪdʒmənt/
Etymology
The term "Medication Therapy Management" was coined in the early 2000s in the United States, following the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 which recognized and reimbursed pharmacists for providing MTM services to eligible Medicare beneficiaries.
Related Terms
- Pharmacotherapy: The treatment of disease through the administration of drugs.
- Clinical Pharmacy: The branch of pharmacy where pharmacists provide patient care that optimizes the use of medication and promotes health, wellness, and disease prevention.
- Pharmaceutical Care: A patient-centered, outcomes oriented pharmacy practice that requires the pharmacist to work in concert with the patient and the patient's other healthcare providers to promote health, to prevent disease, and to assess, monitor, initiate, and modify medication use to assure that drug therapy regimens are safe and effective.
- Pharmacovigilance: The science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problem.
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