This document discusses drug utilization reviews (DUR), also known as drug utilization evaluations (DUE) or medication utilization evaluations (MUE). DURs involve comprehensive review of patient prescription and medication data before, during, and after dispensing to ensure appropriate medication decisions and positive outcomes. DURs aim to promote optimal medication therapy, prevent medication-related problems, evaluate medication effectiveness, improve patient safety, and stimulate improvements in medication use processes. The document also outlines the value of DUR programs in helping health systems understand and improve prescribing, administration, and medication use.

1. DRUG UTILIZATION EVALUATIONDRUG UTILIZATION EVALUATION
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DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEWDRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW
Presented by:-
Nirmal singh parihar
Shipra omar
Gaurav kant gupta
Presented to:-
MR. Prashant kr. Katiyar(HOD)
Miss priyadarshini agrawal
(Assistant professor)
KIT Kanpur

2. INTRODUCTION:-INTRODUCTION:-
 Drug Utilization Reviews (DUR), also referred to as Drug Utilization
Evaluations (DUE) or Medication utilization Evaluations (MUE), are defined
as an authorized, structured, ongoing review of healthcare provider
prescribing, pharmacist dispensing, and patient use of medication.
 DURs involve comprehensive review of patients' prescription and
medication data before, during, and after dispensing to ensure appropriate
medication decision making and positive patient outcomes.
 Along with MUE DUE and DUR , it came in year 1969

3. PROSPECTIVES:-PROSPECTIVES:-
 Promoting optimal medication therapy.
 Preventing medication-related problems.
 Evaluating the effectiveness of medication therapy.
 Improving patient safety.
 Establishing interdisciplinary consensus on medication-
use processes.
 Stimulating improvements in medication-use processes.
 Stimulating standardization in medication-use processes

4. Issues Commonly Addressed byIssues Commonly Addressed by
Prospective DUR:Prospective DUR:
Therapeutic interchange
Drug-disease contraindications
Generic substitution
Incorrect drug dosage
Clinical abuse/misuse
Inappropriate duration of drug treatment
Drug-allergy interactions

5. Why DURs are important:Why DURs are important:
 DUR programs play a key role in helping managed
health care systems understand, interpret improve the
prescribing, administration, and use of medications.
 Employers and health plans find DUR programs
valuable because the results are used to foster more
efficient use of scarce health care resources.
 Pharmacists play a key role in this process because of
their expertise in the area of pharmaceutical care.

6. DRUG UTILIZATION PROCESS:-DRUG UTILIZATION PROCESS:-

7. VALUE OF DRU PROGRAMS:-VALUE OF DRU PROGRAMS:-
DUR information also allows for the compare and
contrasting of healthcare providers in order to
evaluate a particular provider's approach to treating
certain diseases against their peers.
These comparisons are useful in stimulating
physicians to change their prescribing habits in an
effort to improve care.

8. Contd…..Contd…..
DUR information also assists managed health
care systems and managers in designing
educational
programs that improve rational prescribing,
formulary compliance, and patient compliance.
These
educational programs may take the form of
face-to-face education of physicians and patients
by
clinical pharmacists, telephone calls, letters,
newsletters, and educational symposia.

9. TYPES OF DRU:-TYPES OF DRU:-
 Prospective - evaluation of a patient's therapy before
medication is dispensed
 • Concurrent - ongoing monitoring of drug therapy during
the course of treatment
 • Retrospective - review of therapy after the patient has
received the medication