¹Bundesärztekammer, Wissenschaftliches Sekretariat Aktionsplan AMTS bei der AkdÄ, Berlin, Germany
²Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
³Philipp Klee-Institut für klinische Pharmakologie, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Lehrstuhl für Klinische Pharmakologie, Witten, Germany

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Background: Medication safety (Arzneimitteltherapiesicherheit, AMTS) centers on ensuring the integrity of the entire medication process – from prescribing by physicians to dispensing in pharmacies, and ultimately to correct administration by patients, caregivers, or other involved parties. The goal is to align each step of the process to minimize risks and enhance therapeutic safety. Achieving AMTS requires interprofessional collaboration across all sectors, particularly in light of increasing digitalization in healthcare. The “Action Plan of the Federal Ministry of Health to Improve Medication Safety in Germany” (AMTS Action Plan) has, since its inception, aimed to strengthen interprofessional cooperation to improve patient safety in medication use. This analysis focuses on related activities within the AMTS Action Plan since 2007 and examines their development and implementation.

Materials and Methods: The analysis is based on AMTS Action Plans published by the Federal Ministry of Health between 2007 and 2021. A systematic document analysis was conducted to identify all measures related to interprofessional collaboration, extract thematic priorities, and examine additional parameters such as implementation strategies. Furthermore, the study investigates which solution approaches were developed, discussed, and – where applicable – implemented by stakeholders over time.

Results: Initial evaluations of the documented measures show that improving interprofessional collaboration within the medication process is a recurring theme. Between 2007 and 2021, a total of five AMTS Action Plans were published (n=5), comprising 231 documented measures (n=231). Of these, 3% (n=7) directly and approximately 12% (n=27) indirectly relate to interprofessional collaboration. Key thematic areas include medication safety checks, the medication process itself, and cross-sectoral care. A more detailed analysis of these developments will be presented in the poster session.

Conclusion: Preliminary findings indicate that interprofessional collaboration has been consistently addressed in the AMTS Action Plans. However, most proposed solutions remain at a conceptual level and have yet to be translated into binding structures. A systematic and practice-oriented design of interprofessional collaboration remains a central challenge for the implementation of AMTS. Final assessments will be presented following completion of the full analysis.