van der Velden, Jan Willem Jaquenoud Sirot, Eveline
Appeared in:
International journal of risk & safety in medicine
Paging:
Volume 19 (2007) nr. 3 pages 145-151
Year:
2007-08-22
Contents:
Risk management proactively assesses the potential risks and benefits of health care interventions, including both drugs and medical devices. Risk management systematically identifies safety indications and establishes a risk management strategy for potential adverse events. Professionals trained in risk management have unique expertise in assessing the balance between risk and benefit. They play an important role in clinical study oversight (pre- and postmarketing) and in measuring outcomes of health care interventions. Assessing the risks and benefits of any therapy requires consideration of the complex interactions of multiple variables of the population to treat, including disease state, proposed treatment, and potential risks. Several key factors contribute to the effectiveness and acceptability of any treatment. For example, physician compliance with prescribing guidelines and a patient's ability to tolerate a drug and to understand how to administer medications accurately will affect risk management assessments. Concurrent treatments (drug interactions) and diseases are also important considerations. Other variables include drug treatment ratios (placebo/active) and, increasingly, the use of screening tools to identify pharmacogenetic markers in particular patient populations that correlate with drug metabolism, efficacy, and other outcomes.
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