In-Home Medication

Integrating Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Design-Driven Pharma Practices
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-53296-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 330 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Research for Development

This is an open access book. 

This book provides a distinctive perspective on the daily utilization and consumption of medicines and drugs. It seamlessly integrates the research traditions of the medical and pharmaceutical realms with the approach of fostering the relationship between users and products, a characteristic of design and user studies. By applying a diverse range of expertise, the authors endeavor to reestablish the interconnectedness of issues that place the drug and the indispensable information for its use directly into the hands of the patient. The primary objective is to formulate an initial set of recommendations and compile a repertoire of best practices. Consequently, this book becomes an indispensable resource for students, professionals, and academics engaged in design culture, as well as those operating within the healthcare domain, such as the pharmaceutical industry, medical practitioners, and pharmacists. It is equally valuable for individuals working in institutions responsible for regulating medicines and overseeing their presence in the market. As a comprehensive guide, this book serves as an essential read, offering insights that bridge the gap between various sectors involved in the intricate landscape of medicine and drug consumption.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Penati, Antonella Valeria

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Produktionstechnik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Towards in-home medication: Medicinal products as daily objects

Part 1 Objects of science: the pharmaceutical industry as a place of

preciseness

2 Medicine packaging legislation and its evolution according to technological innovation for better

healthcare support

Addendum 1 – Regulatory references

3 Primary medicine packaging and quality control

4 Pharmaceutical forms and primary packaging: a glossary

5 Secondary packaging of medicines: design processes for the pharmaceutical industry

6 Secondary packaging and leaflets: a glossary

Part 2- Prescribing and dispensing: accompanying the patient to the

correct use of medicines

7 Moving the care process in the in-home context: the therapeutic prescription

8 Dispensing medicines: A necessary link between doctor and patient

9 The future digital pharmacological prescription between therapy adherence and integrated healthcare personal plans

10 Navigating the complexities of the OTC medicine ecosystem

11 Dealing with medicines through online platforms and communities

Addendum 2 – Medication errors data

Part 3 - The daily life as a place of inaccuracy. the domesticity of

therapy

12 Medicines as designed objects

13 The in-home place of medications: perspectives of domestication

14 In-home. Medicinals treatment as a learning process

15 Use phenomenologies. Observing the user while taking pharmaceutical therapies

16 Use phenomenologies. Oral solid forms in blister packs

17 Use phenomenologies. What does the user do with the secondary medicine packaging and package leaflet?

Part 4 - The pharmaceutical product system: premises for the

definition of a repertory of good practices

18 How political and cultural challenges are impacting pharma industries

19 Medicinal products: when innovation meets the patient

20 Pharmaceutical packaging according to the “Packaging Ethics Charter”

21 Sensory qualities of the medicines: from problems to proposals

22 Compendium: step toward design-oriented practices in the pharma industry in a multidisciplinary perspective

Addendum 3 – The name of medicines. LASA medicines

Addendum 4 – Methods of user involvement

Addendum 5 – Error Reporting Procedures

Über Autor(innen)

Antonella Penati (Author and Editor) is Full professor at the Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano. Her research interests, since her doctorate, have converged on the role of objects in social innovation processes. Special focus on the pharmaceutical products as socio-technical objects and the care processes they activate. She has presented her research work at Conferences and in National and International Journals. She has supervised M.Sc. degree dissertations and numerous project workshops on these topics. In 2019, she founded the Pharma Design Studies research group at the Department of Design of Politecnico di Milano.