Comprehensive evaluation of using computerised provider order-entry system for hospital discharge orders

Call to action: Clinical pharmacist roles and opportunities in health disparities research

“…A primary carefocused pharmacist-researcher can leverage outcomes, metrics, and value for health disparities research. Table 3 outlines examples of research within each of these areas, [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42] and we provide greater detail on each area in the text that follows.…”

“…Clinical pharmacist health disparities research opportunities and examples [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]. Pharmacist-provided transgender health continuing education courses to pharmacists resulted in increased knowledge and comfort in communicating with and providing care to transgender patients24 …”

“…Pharmacist involvement with hospital care, medication reconciliation, and discharge medication planning can decrease medication discrepancies after discharge35 • Pharmacist interventions combined with computerized hospital discharge orders can reduce prescription error rates36 • Community pharmacists and advanced pharmacy practice experience-level student pharmacists delivering transitions-of-care programs have demonstrated the ability to significantly reduce hospital readmission rates37 Health promotion by barbers in collaboration with pharmacist assessment and medication management with Black men demonstrated improved blood pressure control rates38• A PrEP mobile messaging intervention demonstrated improved PrEP information delivery, improved motivation to use PrEP, and decreased stigma and barriers around the use of PrEP in Black men who have sex with men 39 Patient lifestyle modifications • Emergency food programs funded by the CDC have demonstrated successful sodium reduction interventions addressing food insecurity and improving access to health foods 40…”