What is MTM

 

Medication Therapy Management (MTM) is a distinct service or group of services that optimize therapeutic outcomes for individual patients. It involves an interactive dialogue about the patient’s medications and conditions, a thorough assessment of any problems identified, and development of interventions to reduce the risk of medication-related problems, disease, and disease progression. This differs tremendously from the routine patient counseling that a pharmacist provides when a patient picks up an individual prescription medication.

These services are designed to prevent medication-related morbidity and mortality altogether enhancing each patient’s understanding of appropriate medication use, increase adherence to medication therapy, and improve detection of adverse drug events.