Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Nov 2012
Comparative StudyAnalysis of pharmacists' interventions on electronic versus traditional prescriptions in 2 community pharmacies.
Relatively little is known about how e-prescribing impacts outpatient prescribing errors. Comparing these data with problems identified with other prescription conveyance methods will help researchers identify system problems and offer solutions. ⋯ When comparing e-prescribing with handwritten prescriptions requiring interventions, no significant differences existed. Results suggest that pharmacists must intervene on e-prescriptions as at the same rate as handwritten prescriptions.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Nov 2012
Patients' willingness to use a pharmacist-provided medication management service: the influence of outcome expectancies and communication efficacy.
Previous research has demonstrated that some patients who are at risk of experiencing medication-related problems express a lack of willingness to use pharmacist-provided medication management services. Little is known about the factors that influence willingness to use these services among patients who have not yet experienced the service. ⋯ The extent to which patients believe that HMR would provide them with increased medicines knowledge, improve their medicines management capability, and reduce their medicine concerns had a significant influence over willingness to use the service. Because these expectancies are relatively low, there appears to be significant scope for increasing patient demand for these services. Patient-directed material about medication management services should highlight the provision of medication information.
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Because generic medications are less expensive than brand-name medications, government and private insurers have encouraged and/or mandated the use of generics. ⋯ Awareness of the benefits of generics did not equal preferences for personal use of generics among this sample of women enrolled in U.S. TennCare. Furthermore, women reported that providers-both physicians and pharmacists-infrequently discussed generic substitution with them.