Audit of community pharmacists’ prescribing interventions: Quality assessment of a newly reimbursed service

MacKeigan, Linda; Dolovich, Lisa; Petrović, Bojana; MacCallum, Lori; Bojarski, Elizabeth A.; Pojskic, Nedzad

doi:10.1016/j.japh.2018.07.003

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“…The training is more likely to increase confidence in pharmacists who lack confidence in their abilities of prescription checking and medication suggestions. 33,34 After the training, the average prescription-checking competency score was 70.2, and 73.3% of the trainees believed they were competent in prescription checking. The analysis showed that to improve competency, training should focus on training organization, knowledge consolidation and assessment.…”

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“…Such software acts as a communication platform between pharmacists and doctors. 33 Some medical institutions have the facilities to perform risk pre-assessment using embedded rational drug use monitoring software to help pharmacists complete prescription checking during peak hours. Therefore, support from the leadership of medical institutions is essential.…”

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Satisfaction and needs of pharmacists in prescription-checking training: a cross-sectional survey

Cheng

Wang

et al. 2020

J Int Med Res

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Objective Prescription checking is becoming increasingly prevalent in medical institutions. However, the prescription-checking ability of pharmacists requires improvement. The study aim was to explore the main aspects of prescription-checking training and provide an empirical reference for the training of pharmacists in medical institutions. Methods Participants were pharmacists willing to complete a Likert questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used to examine percentages and composition ratios. The chi-square test and exploratory factor analysis were used for inferential analysis. Results The questionnaire showed good internal consistency reliability and validity. A total of 90% of participants were satisfied with the training. Exploratory factor analysis extracted three satisfaction dimensions: training organization, teaching method, and knowledge consolidation and assessment. The average examination score for the 20 courses was 89.21/100. Regarding trainee needs, 94.66% preferred face-to-face lectures, 89.33% expected high professional skills of the lecturers and 62.67% believed that clinical expertise was highly desirable. Conclusions There was a high demand for prescription-checking training among pharmacists. Trainees in this study showed high satisfaction. The most important aspects of prescription-checking training were training organization and knowledge consolidation and assessment. It is recommended that training should be stratified. Pharmacists preferred face-to-face and interactive lectures as a supplement to clinical knowledge.

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Satisfaction and needs of pharmacists in prescription-checking training: a cross-sectional survey

Cheng

Wang

et al. 2020

J Int Med Res

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“…Due to the limited duration and tight schedule, the training might lead to limited improvement in prescription-checking skill and knowledge of pharmacists, but is more likely to increase the confidence of pharmacists [28] who lack confidence [29] in their abilities of prescription-checking and medication suggestion. After the training, the average score for prescription-checking competence was 70.21 points, and 73.33% of the trainees believed they were qualified for prescription-checking.…”

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“…In addition to training pharmacists, prescription-checking in medical institutions also relies on the information platform, in which pharmacists can consult the medical record, test results, medical order and other information, as well as communication platform between pharmacists and doctors [29].…”

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Survey on satisfaction and needs of pharmacists in prescription-checking training: a cross-sectional study

Cheng¹,

Wang²,

Ma³

et al. 2019

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Background Prescription-checking is becoming increasingly popular in medical institutions, but the prescription-checking ability of pharmacists needs improvement. This study aimed to explore the key aspects of the prescription-checking training and provide an empirical reference for standardizing the prescription-checking training for pharmacists in medical institutions.Methods Trainees who were willing to complete the Likert questionnaire were enrolled in this study. Percentage and composition ratio were used for statistical description. The chi-square test and exploratory factor analysis were used for statistical analysis. A difference with p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results The questionnaire had good internal consistency and validity. The overall satisfaction of the trainees was 90%. Three dimensions, training organization, teaching mode as well as consolidation and assessment of knowledge were extracted using exploratory factor analysis. The average examination score of the 20 courses was 89.21±2.62 points. From the perspective of needs, 94.66% of the trainees preferred face-to-face lectures, 89.33% of the trainees expected high professional skills of the lecturers, and 62.27% of the trainees believed that clinical expertise was highly desirable.Conclusion There was a great demand for prescription-checking training among pharmacists. Trainees enrolled in this training showed high satisfaction and good examination results. The key aspects of prescription-checking training were training organization, as well as consolidation and assessment of knowledge. It is recommended to conduct training in a stratified manner according to pharmacists’ educational background, in order to effectively improve their prescription-checking competence. The pharmacists preferred face-to-face lectures and interaction to supplement clinical disease-related knowledge.

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“…1 Community pharmacists are among the most accessible health care providers within the community-based health care system and have offered a growing list of professional pharmacy services as a consequence of professional evolution. 1,2 Since 2007, the government of Ontario has leveraged community pharmacist expertise in medication management by introducing and remunerating community pharmacies for the following professional pharmacist services: medication reviews through MedsCheck programs (Annual, Diabetes, Home, Long-Term Care), [3][4][5][6] communicating with prescribers regarding drug therapy-related problems (Pharmaceutical Opinion program), 7,8 providing smoking cessation counselling services (pharmacy smoking cessation program) 9 and administering influenza immunizations 10,11 (Figure 1). Pharmacies submit claims to the Ontario government through the Ontario Drug Benefit program for renumeration for each service (Table 1).…”

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Chaudhry

et al. 2021

Can Pharm J

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We also acknowledge the University of Toronto students who contributed as a work study student (Darrel Kwong), through the undergraduate summer research program (Karanpal [Bobby] Gill), as part of a PharmD research project (Qihang [Abby] Gan and Avery S. Loi), or part of their graduate research (Ahmad Shakeri and Lindsay Wong). In particular, authors acknowledge technical support from Darrel Kwong during initial data visualization using Tableau software and Limei Zhou at ICES for creation of initial data sets in early 2019.

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Audit of community pharmacists’ prescribing interventions: Quality assessment of a newly reimbursed service

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Satisfaction and needs of pharmacists in prescription-checking training: a cross-sectional survey

Satisfaction and needs of pharmacists in prescription-checking training: a cross-sectional survey

Survey on satisfaction and needs of pharmacists in prescription-checking training: a cross-sectional study

The Ontario Pharmacy Evidence Network Interactive Atlas of Professional Pharmacist Services

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