Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Jan 2018
Pharmacists' perceptions and communication of risk for alertness impairing medications.
A core role of the pharmacist is to ensure safe and effective medication use. Therapeutic classes that impair alertness (e.g. sedatives or hypnotics) can pose safety concerns for the consumer when undertaking activities requiring psychomotor vigilance (e.g. driving). ⋯ Medication-related risk communication is a complex clinical phenomenon dictated by patients' prior experiences and the pharmacists' practice environment. Extending the evidence base in this therapeutic area and refining clinical resources are key steps towards optimising patient medication safety.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Jan 2018
A cross-sectional survey of the access of older people in the Scottish Highlands to general medical practices, community pharmacies and prescription medicines.
Access to medicines and healthcare is more problematic in remote and rural areas. ⋯ While the majority of respondents have convenient access to their GP practice, pharmacy and prescribed medicines, there is a need for further review of the pharmaceutical care of those of older age with poorer health, living alone in the more remote and rural areas and taking five or more prescribed medicines.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Jan 2018
EditorialAdvancing technician practice: Deliberations of a regulatory board.
In 2016, the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy (U. S.) undertook a major rulemaking initiative to advance pharmacy practice by broadening the ability of pharmacists to delegate tasks to pharmacy technicians. The new rules of the Board thus moved the locus of control in technician scope of practice from law to pharmacist delegation. ⋯ This commentary reviews the evidence behind these expanded duties, as well as the key regulatory decision points for each task. The Board's rules and approach may prove useful to other states and even other governing bodies outside the U. S. as they consider similar issues.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Jan 2018
Community pharmacy-based point-of-care testing: A case study of pharmacist-physician collaborative working relationships.
Building collaborative working relationships (CWRs) with physicians or other prescribers is an important step for community pharmacists in establishing a collaborative practice agreement (CPA). This case study describes the individual, context, and exchange factors that drive pharmacist-physician CWR development for community pharmacy-based point-of-care (POC) testing. Two physicians who had entered in a CPA with community pharmacists to provide POC testing were surveyed and interviewed. ⋯ The physicians' individual perceptions of community pharmacy-based POC testing affected their CWRs and willingness to establish a CPA. These findings suggest that exchange characteristics remain significant factors in CWR development. Individual factors may also contribute to physicians' willingness to advance their CWR to include a CPA for POC testing.