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.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Sep 2012
Development and initial validation of the Pharmacist Frequency of Interprofessional Collaboration Instrument (FICI-P) in primary care.
Existing validated measures of pharmacist-physician collaboration focus on measuring attitudes toward collaboration and do not measure frequency of collaborative interactions. ⋯ The refined 10-item FICI-P was shown to have good internal consistency, criterion validity, and fit to the Rasch model. The creation of such a tool may allow for the measure of impact in the evaluation of interventions designed to improve interprofessional collaboration between GPs and pharmacists.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Sep 2012
Medication supply and management in rural Queensland: views of key informants in health service provision.
Rural settings challenge health care providers to provide optimal medication services in a manner that is timely and of high quality. Extending the roles of rural health care providers is often necessary to improve access to medication services; however, there appears to be a lack of pharmacy-based involvement and support within the medication system. ⋯ The study provided an overview of key issues with medication supply and management and highlighted the potential for increased pharmacy involvement to improve and support medication services in rural areas. The governance views of these key informants could be used to inform policy and practice related to rural medication services.