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By PROF HILARY THOMAS & BRENDAN MARTIN
COMMUNITY PHARMACIES
ARE AN UNTAPPED GOLD MINE OF DATA
Data routinely recorded by pharmacies around the UK could provide physicians, commissioners, public health authorities and the pharmaceutical industry with invaluable insights into the effectiveness of medicines and the behaviour of patients.
E
very day, pharmacies around the country are gathering invaluable data on the use of medicines, outcomes, adherence levels and the progress of symptoms. For example, the Medicines Use Review (MUR) service in England collects a huge amount of data. As many as 400
MURs can be completed annually per pharmacy. In the year ending April 2014, over three million of these reviews were carried out at a cost of over £85 million to the NHS1
. Yet this rich seam of data is rarely used. 1
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