title: Significant Publications About the Medication Use Process in 2012.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article identifies, prioritizes, and summarizes the published literature on the medication use process (MUP) from calendar year 2012 that can impact health-system pharmacists' daily practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The MUP is the foundational system that provides the framework for safe patient care within the health care environment. The MUP is defined in this article as having the following components: prescribing/transcribing, dispensing, administration, and monitoring. A PubMed search was conducted in January 2013 for calendar year 2012 using targeted Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) keywords, providing a total of 944 articles. A thorough review identified 46 potentially significant articles: 14 for prescribing/transcribing, 12 for dispensing, 10 for administration, and 10 for monitoring. Peer review led to the selection of key articles from each category. These articles are briefly summarized, with a mention of why this article is important within health-system pharmacy. The other articles are listed for further review and evaluation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important to routinely review the published literature and to incorporate significant findings into daily practice. Health-system pharmacists have an active role in improving the MUP in their institution and awareness of the significant published studies can assist in changing practice at the institutional level.
authors.affiliation: Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA Department of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Raleigh, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Alexander T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.affiliation: Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA Department of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Lindsey B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Poppe
authors.affiliation: Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA Department of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Erinn C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Rowe
authors.affiliation: Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA Department of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, USA seckel@unch.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Stephen F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Eckel
mesh_terms: D004358:Drug Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital; D010380:Peer Review; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000458:organization & administration; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D024382:Professional Role
keywords: bar-coded medication administration; computerized prescriber order entry; dispensing; medication use process; monitoring; prescribing