Table 1 Description of ranking steps of clinical relevance according to Hatoum et al
From: Clinical impact of medication reviews for community-dwelling patients in primary healthcare
Ranking | Label | Interpretation |
|---|---|---|
1 | Adverse significance | Recommendation supplied by the clinical pharmacist may lead to adverse outcome |
2 | No significance | Recommendation is informational (not specifically related or meaningful to the patient in question) |
3 | Somewhat significant | Benefit of the recommendation to the patient could be neutral depending on professional interpretation |
4 | Significant | Recommendation would bring care to a more acceptable and appropriate level (i.e., standards of practice) |
5 | Very significant | Recommendation qualified by a potential or existing major organ dysfunction |
6 | Extremely significant | Information qualified as a life and death situation |