isciplinary, evidence-based process 
employed by an organization to select 
and use medications that offer the best 
therapeutic outcomes while minim izing potential risks and costs for pa tients.Professionals involved in the 
medication-use process need to know 
and understand how the organization's 
medication-use policies and processes 
can be incorporated into their daily 
work to ensure medications are used 
appropriately and safely.Organizations should employ 
the MUE process to continually im prove how medications are used within 
the organization at all steps in the 
medication-use process.