Defining and characterising age-friendly community pharmacies: a qualitative study

Malet-Larrea, Amaia; Arbillaga, Leire; Gastelurrutia, Miguel Ángel; Larrañaga, Belén; Garay, Angel García; Benrimoj, Shalom I.; Oñatibia-Astibia, Ainhoa; Goyenechea, Estíbaliz

doi:10.1111/ijpp.12451

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“…As can be seen in Table 4 , the independent emergency pharmacy is less frequently used but occupies a significant amount of space. Other studies have shown that pharmacies are indeed a vulnerable, wasteful and inefficient link in hospitals 33 . The emergency pharmacy could be combined with the outpatient department pharmacy.…”

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Hospital crowdedness evaluation and in-hospital resource allocation based on image recognition technology

Deng

Fan

Gao

et al. 2023

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How to allocate the existing medical resources reasonably, alleviate hospital congestion and improve the patient experience are problems faced by all hospitals. At present, the combination of artificial intelligence and the medical field is mainly in the field of disease diagnosis, but lacks successful application in medical management. We distinguish each area of the emergency department by the division of medical links. In the spatial dimension, in this study, the waitlist number in real-time is got by processing videos using image recognition via a convolutional neural network. The congestion rate based on psychology and architecture is defined for measuring crowdedness. In the time dimension, diagnosis time and time-consuming after diagnosis are calculated from visit records. Factors related to congestion are analyzed. A total of 4717 visit records from the emergency department and 1130 videos from five areas are collected in the study. Of these, the waiting list of the pediatric waiting area is the largest, including 10,436 (person-time) people, and its average congestion rate is 2.75, which is the highest in all areas. The utilization rate of pharmacy is low, with an average of only 3.8 people using it at the one time. Its average congestion rate is only 0.16, and there is obvious space waste. It has been found that the length of diagnosis time and the length of time after diagnosis are related to age, the number of diagnoses and disease type. The most common disease type comes from respiratory problems, accounting for 54.3%. This emergency department has congestion and waste of medical resources. People can use artificial intelligence to investigate the congestion in hospitals effectively. Using artificial intelligence methods and traditional statistics methods can lead to better research on healthcare resource allocation issues in hospitals.

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Hospital crowdedness evaluation and in-hospital resource allocation based on image recognition technology

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Gao

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“…Promoting active and healthy ageing can improve the well-being and the quality of life of older adults [ 5 ]. Community pharmacists, as highly qualified and accessible health professionals, play a pivotal role in promoting active and healthy ageing [ 13 ]. Acting at various levels and in articulation with other professionals, they contribute to achieving positive health outcomes.…”

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Pharmacist Intervention in Portuguese Older Adult Care

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Healthy ageing has become one of the most significant challenges in a society with an increasing life expectancy. Older adults have a greater prevalence of chronic disease, with the need for multiple medications to appropriately control these issues. In addition to their health concerns, ageing individuals are prone to loneliness, dependence, and economic issues, which may affect their quality of life. Governments and health professionals worldwide have developed various strategies to promote active and healthy ageing to improve the quality of life of older adults. Pharmacists are highly qualified health professionals, easily accessible to the population, thus playing a pivotal role in medication management. Their proximity to the patient puts them in a unique position to provide education and training to improve therapeutic adherence and identify medication-related problems. This paper aims to address the importance of Portuguese community pharmacists in the medication management of older adults, emphasising their intervention in health promotion, patient education, medication-related problems, deprescription, dose administration aids, and medication review and reconciliation. We also discuss home delivery services and medication management in long-term care facilities.

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A communication procedure between community pharmacists and primary care professionals resolves medication errors and other administrative issues

Oñatibia-Astibia

Larrañaga

Iribar

et al. 2022

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

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Objectives The aim of this study was to implement a communication procedure, with agreed-upon protocols, to resolve daily medication errors and other administrative issues that require communication between community pharmacists (CPs) and primary healthcare professionals (PHCPs). Methods A 6-month pilot study followed by a year-length principal study was carried out in the Donostialdea Integrated Healthcare Organisation (IHO). Afterwards, the project was extended to other IHOs. The CPs identified medication errors or other administrative issues that required communication with PHCPs, contacting the customer service staff by telephone for urgent problems and by email for non-urgent problems. Key findings In total, 49 community pharmacies participated in the study. A total of 1179 medication errors and other administrative issues were detected, and over 90% of problems were solved in less than 24 h (n = 1079, 91.5%). Email was the more frequently used communication method (n = 874, 74.1%), and the most prevalent problems were due to absent (n = 766, 65.0%) and expired (n = 226, 19.2%) electronic prescriptions. Most of the participants were satisfied with the programme. Conclusion The present communication procedure between CPs and PHCPs is an efficient tool to resolve a variety of challenges that occur in community pharmacies.

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Defining and characterising age-friendly community pharmacies: a qualitative study

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Hospital crowdedness evaluation and in-hospital resource allocation based on image recognition technology

Hospital crowdedness evaluation and in-hospital resource allocation based on image recognition technology

Pharmacist Intervention in Portuguese Older Adult Care

A communication procedure between community pharmacists and primary care professionals resolves medication errors and other administrative issues

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