Factors influencing the degree of physician–pharmacist collaboration within Iraqi public healthcare settings†

Abstract

This study focused on physician-pharmacist collaboration within hospitals, and it was the first study measuring interprofessional collaboration in Iraq. The results showed there is physician-pharmacist collaboration within Iraqi hospitals and exchange characteristics had significant influence on this collaboration.

Perspectives of primary care physicians and pharmacists on interprofessional collaboration in Kuwait: A quantitative study

“…Each practitioner should recognize the complementary role of the other. Role specification has been found to be a vital element in the success of collaborative practices and in offering a framework for interactions [23,31]. Also, it might help in overcoming the time constraints raised by the respondents as a barrier to collaboration.…”

“…However, less attention has been devoted so far to comparing the attitudes, experience, and perceptions of the collaborative professionals, or to identifying the matching viewpoints between their collaborative preferences or barriers. Evidence from studies performed in the USA, New Zealand, Germany, Slovakia and Iraq shows that key factors for effective physicianpharmacist collaboration are positive attitudes (trustworthiness) on both sides and their agreement in perceptions of usefulness (experience), and role specification (preferences and barriers) toward collaborative practice [27][28][29][30][31][32]. Hence, understanding these attributes to collaboration between pharmacists and physicians is essential for establishing efficient collaboration that may further optimize the delivery of healthcare services.…”

“…Quantitative and qualitative studies have been performed worldwide to investigate the attitudes, experience, preferences and barriers to physician-pharmacist collaboration [22,23,[25][26][27]31,[33][34][35][36][37][38]. However, few such studies have been conducted in the Middle Eastern region: three qualitative studies (Qatar and UAE) [23,34] and two quantitative studies (Iraq and Iran) [26,31]. However, there are no similar published studies to date in Kuwait.…”

Heart Failure Prescribing Quality at Discharge from a Critical Care Unit in Egypt: The Impact of Multidisciplinary Care

“…Unfortunately, the acceptance rate of interventions was not available in this study. Others have reported on the phenomenon of physicians' encroachment and their reluctance to alter a colleague's prescription despite appropriate recommendations made by clinical pharmacists [38][39][40]. This may adversely affect the influence on prescribing quality of multidisciplinary care.…”

“…The prescription of recommended target doses of ACEI/ARB, EBBB, and MRA was significantly higher in the High-GAI cohort than the Low-GAI cohort (Figure 1). Higher median doses of loop diuretics were prescribed to the Low-GAI cohort in comparison to the median doses prescribed to the HF patients with a High-GAI based management; however, the difference did not reach significance, 40 was significantly higher in the High-GAI cohort than the Low-GAI cohort (Figure 1). Higher median doses of loop diuretics were prescribed to the Low-GAI cohort in comparison to the median doses prescribed to the HF patients with a High-GAI based management; however, the difference did not reach significance, 40 mg/day [60-120 mg/day], vs. 20 mg/day [40-80 mg/day], p = 0.731.…”