Question

How can we keep a better overview on medication?

Problem description

Sometimes patients have medication prescribed by both the GP and the psychiatrist. The GP has no up to date information of the recently amended neuroleptics. And certain medications possibly interfere with others.

By taking  neuroleptics the risk of developing a metabolic syndrome becomes larger, so that regular blood monitoring is necessary

Impact - effect

Because of this lack of communication patients the medical follow-up is not as it should be

To do

To do: in Lille the patients receive only prescriptions of the GP, the psychiatrist will contact their GP in case they change medication. The GP has a central role, and this is a real challenge for us.  There is although a disadvantage for the patient: he must consult the psychiatrist to make an appointment with the GP (running from the one to the other)

Theme

Role of psychiatrists

Topic

collaboration with GP’s

Reference -  contact

Karen Vanhoutte, Dries Lybeer

Mobile team

2B

Project

Leuven-Tervuren

Intership abroad - place

Lille

Date

December 2012