Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Oct 2019
How hospital pharmacists prioritise patients at high-risk for medication harm.
Medication harm is experienced by up to 30% of hospitalised patients, of which 7% experience severe harm. Pharmacist review can mitigate this harm. However, in increasingly busy hospitals, with high patient throughput, and scarce resources, there is a need to prioritise patients. Current methods are cumbersome, include many risk factors and are not evaluated in the clinical setting. ⋯ Pharmacists described prioritisation as a multifactorial process with a focus on high-risk medications and renal impairment. These findings will inform the development of a predictive risk score for patient prioritisation.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Oct 2019
Contextual factors influencing medication management by rural informal caregivers of older adults.
Managing medications is an important part of the rural informal caregiver's role in the community setting, and the context within which care is provided plays an important role in shaping the work they perform. However, little is known about the intra- and interpersonal factors that impact the rural caregiver's involvement in and performance of medication management. ⋯ Interventions and pharmacy services to support medication management by rural informal caregivers should be designed in a way that preserves and promotes the care recipient's independence, and should be tailored to the context within which caregiving is performed.