Applying the Principles of QUM Framework

APPLYING THE
PRINCIPLES OF QUM
FRAMEWORK IN
PRACTICE
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QUALITY USE OF MEDICINES
(QUM)
Quality Use of Medicines Framework signifies the management of
the medicines that have been incorporated into the healthcare
system (Quality Use of Medicines (QUM), 2019)
In addition, length of the treatment and the dosage to be
administered while carefully monitoring the health condition
The objective of the National Strategy for QUM is to cause the
most ideal utilization of meds to improve wellbeing results for all
Australians (Hope, Mayne & King, 2015)

IMPORTANCE OF
MEDICATION
Medications assume a focal job in social care and add to critical
upgrades in wellbeing results (Makiani et al., 2017)
Australian and International studies show a high commonness of
medicine related issues including prescription blunders and
Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) related with hospitalization
Medicine errors can have been characterized as a disappointment
in the treatment procedure that prompts, or can possibly prompt,
damage to the patient (Roughead et al., 2016)