Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP
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Res Social Adm Pharm · May 2016
Exploring attitudes and opinions of pharmacists toward delivering prescribing error feedback: A qualitative case study using focus group interviews.
Prescribing error (PE) rates have been extensively reported in the literature. Various interventions at reducing PEs have been studied with some success, yet PEs continue to be a challenge for the health care system. Prescriber feedback has been proposed as one mechanism to reduce PEs in seminal studies. Pharmacists are viewed as an integral safety net in intercepting PEs and have been suggested as best placed to deliver feedback. However, there is very limited literature considering pharmacists; attitudes, views and opinions on facilitating PE feedback. ⋯ PE feedback should be delivered to prescribers with ward-based pharmacists best suited to the role. Both direct and indirect benefits of PE feedback were reported, although potential barriers to delivering PE feedback were also identified. Pharmacists reported additional anxieties that feedback could create tensions and compromise working relationships with prescribers. PE feedback could be considered an extension of a pharmacist's role and pharmacists welcomed formalization of feedback, but were cognizant of the potential impact on their workload and expressed the need for training in the delivery of feedback.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · May 2016
Promoting consistent use of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) in outpatient pharmacies: Removing administrative barriers and increasing awareness of Rx drug abuse.
Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are proving to be valuable resources in fighting the prescription drug abuse epidemic through improved access to patient drug histories. Ninety-four percent of Indiana pharmacists have heard of Indiana's PDMP (INSPECT), only 71% of them reported using the program in 2012. ⋯ Strategies to improve utilization of PDMPs should look for innovative ways to limit barriers and build outpatient pharmacists' awareness of prescription drug abuse and misuse within their community.