Perceptions and expectations of health care providers towards clinical pharmacy services at a tertiary cancer centre in Qatar

Omar, Nabil E.; Elazzazy, Shereen; Abdallah, Oraib; Nashwan, Abdulqadir J.; Eltorki, Yassin; Afifi, Hebatalla M; Kassem, Nancy; Yassin, Mohamed A; Hamad, Anas

doi:10.1177/1078155219882076

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“…Additionally, the findings of the physicians’ survey revealed that clinical pharmacists have an essential role in counseling and patient education regarding their pharmacotherapy. This is also in agreement with findings from other studies [ 28 , 30 ]. When it comes to presenting drug information to healthcare professionals, the findings are consistent with previous research [ 14 , 31 ].…”

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confidence: 94%

“…All the responders in our study believed that working collaboratively with clinical pharmacists could improve the overall quality of care and patient outcome. Similar results were found in several regional studies [ 28 , 29 ]. Additionally, the findings of the physicians’ survey revealed that clinical pharmacists have an essential role in counseling and patient education regarding their pharmacotherapy.…”

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confidence: 92%

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The Role of Clinical Pharmacists in Improving Quality of Care in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Evaluation of Patients’ and Physicians’ Satisfaction

2022

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Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic and complex disease that requires a multidisciplinary team, including clinical pharmacists, to improve the quality of care and patient outcome. This present study aimed to assess the satisfaction of patients with IBD and physicians regarding clinical pharmacist interventions in outpatient and inpatient settings. Methods: A survey-based study was performed between 1 March and 1 August 2022 in a tertiary care IBD center. Two different questionnaires were distributed among patients and physicians focusing on satisfaction with the clinical pharmacist services. Patient demographics were obtained. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the results of the survey. Results: A total of 108 patients with IBD and 23 physicians participated in this study. Among study participants, Crohn’s disease (CD) accounted for 64.8% of the total participants, while 35.2% of patients had ulcerative colitis (UC). Regarding the patient survey, most patients were extremely satisfied with clinical pharmacists’ services, during which the majority strongly agreed or agreed that they were satisfied with the counseling session. However, five patients were unsure about the amount of time spent with the clinical pharmacist. There were no patients dissatisfied with any of the services. Finally, two physicians were not sure regarding clinical pharmacists monitoring patients’ responses in of terms of toxicity and adverse effects. Conclusions: the current study illustrates patients’ and physicians’ high satisfaction with clinical pharmacists’ services in outpatient and inpatient settings. The findings of this study as well as previous studies necessitate expanding the clinical pharmacist services in the gastroenterology field.

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The Role of Clinical Pharmacists in Improving Quality of Care in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Evaluation of Patients’ and Physicians’ Satisfaction

2022

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“…These findings are similar to studies done in several countries. 27,29,37 This high expectation regarding clinical pharmacists educating patients about the safe and appropriate use of their medications was aligned with the positive perception of the role of clinical pharmacists in providing patients education. Clinical pharmacists must meet these high expectations.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…17,18 The perception of physicians towards clinical pharmacists or towards themselves has been studied extensively in the Arab region and across the world. 17,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] Abdel-Latif had noted that in the Arab region, physicians' acceptance of the clinical pharmacist's role in clinical practice remains debatable. 31 This may be due to the fact that the current roles of clinical pharmacists have not been clearly established and agreed.…”

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Sudanese Medical Doctors’ Perceptions, Expectations, Experiences and Perceived Barriers Towards the Roles of Clinical Pharmacists: A Cross-Sectional Study

Mahmoud¹,

Maatoug²,

Jomaa³

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Purpose Interprofessional collaboration between physicians and clinical pharmacists has been shown to improve patients’ outcome by reduce medical errors, costs and patient adherence. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the medical doctors’ perceptions, expectations, experiences, and perceived barriers regarding clinical pharmacists in Wad Medani. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted at five major hospitals in Wad Medani, between April and June 2021 using a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed among 178 physicians. The questionnaire consists of four sections, in addition to a demographic section. These four sections measure physicians’ perceptions, expectations, experience, and perceived barriers. Results A total of 178 physicians were enrolled in the study. Physicians were comfortable with clinical pharmacists detecting and preventing prescription errors (55.1%); providing patient education (56.3%). Generally, physicians had high expectations with agreement rate of all the items ranged from 51.7% to 85.4%. Most physicians (79.8%) agreed that clinical pharmacists were a reliable source of general and clinical drug information. 64.0% and 59.0% of physicians perceive the unclear responsibility of clinical pharmacists and the lack of physicians’ experience with clinical pharmacists were barriers that can hinder clinical pharmacists’ contributions, respectively. Conclusion Physicians had positive perceptions, expectations, and experiences with clinical pharmacists, and pointed out some barriers clinical pharmacists face. It was suggested that hospitals should recruit more clinical pharmacists to cover each unit within the hospital with clear job description and provide them CPD.

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“…Additionally, participants demonstrated trust in clinical pharmacists, as they believe that the expert knowledge of clinical pharmacists has helped facilitate the clinical service as a whole. Certainly, a high level of trust from physicians and nurses toward the CPS aided its successful implementation [22,23]. Our results demonstrate that both the medical and nursing professions display a high level of trust in clinical pharmacists' work, and this was a result of the experience that they had with the paediatric CPS.…”

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Physicians’ and nurses’ perceptions of the factors influencing the implementation of paediatric clinical pharmacy services: a qualitative study

Sin

Maidment

Huynh

2022

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BackgroundStakeholders’ perceptions may influence the implementation of clinical pharmacy services. Although paediatric clinical pharmacy services have been provided in Hong Kong for nearly a decade, there is no research investigating its implementation. The extent to which the implementation of these services is effective must be assessed so the benefits of interventions can be optimised.AimTo identify factors that influence the implementation of paediatric clinical pharmacy services in Hong Kong public hospitals from physicians’ and nurses’ perspectives.MethodsA qualitative study was conducted based on semi-structured interviews of physicians and nurses practicing paediatrics. The Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research guidelines were followed to ensure that this study is reported in a comprehensive and transparent manner.ResultsA total of 6 facilitating factors and 7 barriers were identified. The identified facilitators were improved patient outcomes and service efficiency, trust and confidence, filling clinical gaps as medicine information providers, direct communication within multidisciplinary teams, and reducing healthcare professionals’ workloads. The barriers identified were culture of a medical dominance, a lack of public understanding and recognition, limitations in resources and heavy workloads, the lack of transparent and defined roles within the organisation, the uncertainty of change in the healthcare model, the need for clinical pharmacists to take a more proactive approach, and the lack of involvement in direct patient care activities.ConclusionPhysicians and nurses reported that the implementation of paediatric clinical pharmacy services was adequate, but several key barriers were identified at both the external and internal levels.

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Perceptions and expectations of health care providers towards clinical pharmacy services at a tertiary cancer centre in Qatar

Cited by 12 publications

References 23 publications

The Role of Clinical Pharmacists in Improving Quality of Care in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Evaluation of Patients’ and Physicians’ Satisfaction

The Role of Clinical Pharmacists in Improving Quality of Care in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Evaluation of Patients’ and Physicians’ Satisfaction

Sudanese Medical Doctors’ Perceptions, Expectations, Experiences and Perceived Barriers Towards the Roles of Clinical Pharmacists: A Cross-Sectional Study

Physicians’ and nurses’ perceptions of the factors influencing the implementation of paediatric clinical pharmacy services: a qualitative study

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