Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA
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J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) · Jan 2021
Alaska pharmacists: First responders to the pandemic in the last frontier.
Pharmacists are among the nation's most accessible and underused health professionals. Within their scope of practice, pharmacists can prescribe and administer vaccines, conduct point-of-care testing, and address drug shortages through therapeutic substitutions. ⋯ The primary barrier to pharmacists augmenting the current COVID-19 response is an inability to cover the costs of providing these health services. Pharmacists in Alaska are ready to meet COVID-19-related clinical needs if public and private insurers and legislators can help address the barriers to service sustainability.
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J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) · Nov 2020
Pharmacist-led motivational interviewing for diabetes medication adherence in a worksite wellness program.
The primary objective was to evaluate the impact of a pharmacist-delivered motivational interviewing (MI) intervention for diabetes medication adherence; the secondary objectives were to assess the changes in clinical outcomes and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). ⋯ The findings from this pilot study support the effectiveness of a pharmacist-delivered, semistructured MI-based intervention for medication adherence in persons with diabetes in a hospital-based WWP. Pharmacists can support patients' behavior change using MI communication skills to explore salient barriers to medication adherence and to facilitate goal setting to overcome these in encounters aimed at shared clinical and behavioral decision-making.
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Systemic racism is a public health emergency and disproportionately impacts communities of color, specifically black Americans. Pharmacists took an oath to protect the welfare of humanity and protect our patients. As such, to practice truly patient-centered care, pharmacists must recognize racism as a root cause of social determinants of health and use their privilege to educate themselves and their colleagues around dismantling structural racism.
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J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) · Nov 2020
Observational StudyAntibiotic prescribing in the emergency department versus primary care: Implications for stewardship.
This study sought to compare the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing by drug, dose, duration, and indication between the emergency department (ED) and primary care (PC) within the Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System (VAWNYHCS) to aid in focusing antimicrobial stewardship efforts. ⋯ Stewardship is needed in both the ED and PC settings. However, initial efforts should be focused on PC because this setting had a statistically significant amount of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. Pharmacist-led education and interventions should focus on the determination of drug, duration, and indication for the use of antibiotics.
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J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) · Nov 2020
Observational StudyPrescription drug monitoring programs in community pharmacy: An exploration of pharmacist time requirements and labor cost.
To (1) measure the average time community pharmacists require to query prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) reports, and (2) estimate pharmacist labor costs associated with PDMP use. ⋯ Pharmacists require considerably more time to verify CSPs when they query PDMPs. This extra time requirement may challenge community pharmacy operating costs, and also impose time pressures on community pharmacists.