ORCA: a new tool for the review of medication in asthma management
Asthma care places a significant financial burden on the NHS at both national and local level. This article describes a rational method for the review of local asthma management called Optimising Resource Conflicts in Asthma (ORCA). ORCA is a tool that could be used by nurse prescribers to help ensu...
| Published in: | Nurse Prescribing |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Mark Allen Group
2004
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/npre.2004.2.1.12007 http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/pdf/10.12968/npre.2004.2.1.12007 |
| Summary: | Asthma care places a significant financial burden on the NHS at both national and local level. This article describes a rational method for the review of local asthma management called Optimising Resource Conflicts in Asthma (ORCA). ORCA is a tool that could be used by nurse prescribers to help ensure that their prescribing practice is both cost effective and accords with evidence-based asthma management, as outlined in the 2003 guidelines from the British Thoracic Society and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. |
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