PTCB MEDICATION HISTORY EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!!
, Medication History - ANSWER info, past or current, collected by a health care
professional by asking specific questions with the purpose of obtaining the information
needed in building or maintaining a patient's profile to help provide care for the patient
Medication History - ANSWER obtaining an accurate and up-to-date medication history
is important for a patient treatment, quality of life, and/or survival.
Medication Reconciliation - ANSWER process of identifying the most accurate list of all
medications that the patient is taking, including name, dosage, frequency, and route, by
comparing the medical record to an external list of medications obtained from a patient,
hospital, or other provider
Medication adherence - ANSWER taking medications correctly, the extent to which
patients take medication as prescribed by their doctors, getting prescriptions filled, take
medication on time, and understanding the directions
Adherent - ANSWER patient take 80% of their prescribed medicine(s) (AMA).
Nonadherent - ANSWER patient take less than 80% of their prescribed medication(s)
Primary Non-adherence (PNA): - ANSWER patient goes to the physician to get
diagnosed and does not get the prescription filled (within 180 days), estimated 20% to
35%
Secondary nonadherence (SNA) - ANSWER patient went to physician, picked up
prescription, started taking, but did not take as prescribed or sufficient doses required,
missing doses or discontinuing early. Medication possession rate of <80%. Nearly half
of all patients on chronic medications and estimated 20% of patients discontinue
therapy after the first prescription.
MTM (Medication Therapy Management): - ANSWER identify patients that need
assistance
Synchronize medications: Coordinate refills to pick up at the same time
Vaccination - ANSWER a product that stimulates a person's immune system to produce
immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease
Immunization - ANSWER action of making a person immune to infection, by inoculation
-LOGIST - ANSWER One who studies
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!!
, Medication History - ANSWER info, past or current, collected by a health care
professional by asking specific questions with the purpose of obtaining the information
needed in building or maintaining a patient's profile to help provide care for the patient
Medication History - ANSWER obtaining an accurate and up-to-date medication history
is important for a patient treatment, quality of life, and/or survival.
Medication Reconciliation - ANSWER process of identifying the most accurate list of all
medications that the patient is taking, including name, dosage, frequency, and route, by
comparing the medical record to an external list of medications obtained from a patient,
hospital, or other provider
Medication adherence - ANSWER taking medications correctly, the extent to which
patients take medication as prescribed by their doctors, getting prescriptions filled, take
medication on time, and understanding the directions
Adherent - ANSWER patient take 80% of their prescribed medicine(s) (AMA).
Nonadherent - ANSWER patient take less than 80% of their prescribed medication(s)
Primary Non-adherence (PNA): - ANSWER patient goes to the physician to get
diagnosed and does not get the prescription filled (within 180 days), estimated 20% to
35%
Secondary nonadherence (SNA) - ANSWER patient went to physician, picked up
prescription, started taking, but did not take as prescribed or sufficient doses required,
missing doses or discontinuing early. Medication possession rate of <80%. Nearly half
of all patients on chronic medications and estimated 20% of patients discontinue
therapy after the first prescription.
MTM (Medication Therapy Management): - ANSWER identify patients that need
assistance
Synchronize medications: Coordinate refills to pick up at the same time
Vaccination - ANSWER a product that stimulates a person's immune system to produce
immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease
Immunization - ANSWER action of making a person immune to infection, by inoculation
-LOGIST - ANSWER One who studies
