TY - JOUR T1 - Development of a quality assessment tool for pharmacy and therapeutics committees and subsequent pilot testing JF - European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy JO - Eur J Hosp Pharm DO - 10.1136/ejhpharm-2022-003365 SP - ejhpharm-2022-003365 AU - Nicole Schönenberger AU - Carla Meyer-Massetti AU - Silvina Bravo Y1 - 2022/10/14 UR - http://ejhp.bmj.com/content/early/2022/10/19/ejhpharm-2022-003365.abstract N2 - Pharmacy and therapeutics committees (PTCs) are multidisciplinary hospital teams responsible for rational medication use. We aimed at developing and piloting an assessment tool for their operating quality.We conducted a scoping literature review in PubMed and Embase to identify potential assessment items. Their relevance was systematically rated and consolidated into the final tool.60 relevant items were included, grouped into eight focus topics: the committee’s institutional integration, member characteristics, performance indicators, meeting structure, formulary decision-making and characteristics, strategies to guide medication use and medication use evaluations.In combination with a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis, the tool helped the identification of improvement opportunities for a pilot hospital: adapting the committee’s structure, improving the formulary decision-making, implementing strategies to guide formulary medication use and strengthening the committee’s recognition within the institution.The tool successfully identified improvement opportunities for a PTC and could therefore be interesting for other hospitals.Data are available upon reasonable request. All data relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as supplementary information. Data most relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as supplementary information. Additional data are available upon reasonable request. ER -