Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA
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J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) · Jul 2011
Patient perspective of medication information desired and barriers to asking pharmacists questions.
To identify information patients want from a community pharmacist with new and refill prescription dispensing, examine how this varies across certain patient characteristics, and identify perceived barriers to asking pharmacists' questions. ⋯ These results support revisiting current pharmacy practice and practice laws about refill counseling and risk information provision, with greater potential implications for less educated individuals.
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J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) · Jul 2011
The NC Tars Project: students leading the way to educate patients about proper use of antibiotics.
To describe a North Carolina Taking Antibiotic Resistance Seriously (NC Tars) project involving a student pharmacist coalition educating patients about appropriate use of antibiotics. ⋯ The NC Tars project is a unique, student-driven education program that has the potential to raise public awareness about the proper use of antibiotics and the threat of antibiotic resistance in the community setting. Through this experience, students were provided an opportunity to educate patients via a service-learning experience.
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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.