Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA
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J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) · May 2011
Randomized Controlled TrialDisparities in pharmacists' patient education for Hispanics using antidepressants.
To assess pharmacists' provision of antidepressant information and to examine the effect of patient ethnicity and language skills on pharmacists' provision of information and patient education. ⋯ These findings suggest that Spanish-speaking patients may face disparities in the level of care received from community pharmacists. Interventions should be available to enhance pharmacists' communication with Spanish-speaking patients in an effort to facilitate safe and effective medication use.
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J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) · May 2011
Community pharmacists' use of language-access services in the United States.
To examine community pharmacists' use of language-access services (LASs) in the United States. ⋯ Community pharmacists are not consistently or optimally using LASs in daily practice. Failure to use LASs can result in poorer outcomes for patients with limited English proficiency. Developing means to navigate work station-related barriers to LASs may yield improved patient care. Incorporation of professional continuing educational programs, automated LAS kiosks, natural language processing, and social media solutions merit exploration in addressing these challenges.
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J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) · May 2011
Exploring stages of pharmacist-physician collaboration using the model of collaborative working relationship.
To compare factors affecting pharmacist-physician collaboration across three groups of study participants with increasing collaboration using the model of collaborative working relationship (CWR). ⋯ The impact of predictors on collaborative care differed across three groups according to the tertiles of collaborative care. These findings support a multistage model of CWR. In addition, future studies of CWR can add other predictors for collaborative care.
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J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) · May 2011
APhA 2011 REMS white paper: Summary of the REMS stakeholder meeting on improving program design and implementation.
To develop an improved risk evaluation and mitigation strategies (REMS) system for maximizing effective and safe patient medication use while minimizing burden on the health care delivery system. ⋯ A workable REMS system will require effective patient interventions, standardized elements that limit barriers to implementation for both patients and providers, standardized yet flexible implementation strategies, use of existing technologies in practice settings, increased opportunities for provider input early in REMS design processes, improved communication strategies and awareness of program requirements, and viable provider compensation models needed to offset costs to implement and comply with REMS program requirements.