Journal of evaluation in clinical practice
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High data quality is essential to ensure the validity of clinical and research inferences based on it. However, these data quality assessments are often missing even though these data are used in daily practice and research. ⋯ This prospective validation of a representative sample showed an excellent overall data quality.
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The growth of clinical pharmacy services (CPS) has positively impacted clinical, economic, and humanistic health outcomes. However, detailed studies on the process of implementing CPS in healthcare systems are incipient. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the CPS implementation in certain public health units in a metropolis in northeast Brazil. ⋯ It was possible to evaluate the CPS implementation in certain public health units in a metropolis in Brazil, through the Methodology of Problematization with Maguerez Arc. This methodology may be part of models for future implementations of CPS in health systems.
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The practice of hospital pharmacists in many developing countries has been changing to include the delivery of direct patient care services, but practice change can be a challenging process. This article explores the perceptions of hospital pharmacists in Kuwait about the enablers and challenges to expanding their scope of practice to include direct patient care. ⋯ Pharmacists have been increasingly attempting to provide clinical pharmacy services in Kuwait hospitals. This qualitative data revealed breadth of challenges hindering pharmacists' attempts to expand their professional practice to include direct patient care role. It also outlines facets of improvement and enablers to practice change. The collaboration between different stakeholders in the profession is essential to support pharmacists' efforts in achieving the change in the scope of pharmacy practice to improve patient care services.
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Little attention has been given to perceptions of pharmacist availability and role in the community setting following policy changes. The Pakistani model is particularly interesting as it encompasses three different pharmacy practice licensure types with major differences in credentials, training, and role. Guided by the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), this study examined factors associated with the availability of pharmacists in the community setting in Pakistan following the implementation of a new policy regulating pharmacist presence in community pharmacies. ⋯ A set of factors contribute to the availability of pharmacists in community pharmacies in Pakistan. The change in law should be supplemented with other interventions that contribute to making well-trained pharmacy personnel available for serving patrons.