Pharmacist and physician views on collaborative practice

Kelly, Deborah; Bishop, Lisa; Young, Stephanie; Hawboldt, John; Phillips, Leslie; Keough, T. Montgomery

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“…The preponderance of previous research has largely focused on exploring the relationship between community pharmacists and general practitioners [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25], and also on primary care and inpatient settings [26][27][28]. A recent systematic review has highlighted the positive attitudes that pharmacy students, practicing pharmacists and faculty had towards Interprofessional Education (IPE) and IPC.…”

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Perspectives of practising pharmacists towards interprofessional education and collaborative practice in Qatar

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Background Healthcare is provided by a variety of different professionals, including pharmacists who are integral members of the team, and all are expected to work collaboratively to provide quality care. Little is known about the perceptions of pharmacists in Qatar towards interprofessional collaboration. Positive attitudes towards interprofessional education are essential to successful implementation of interprofessional collaboration. Therefore, to develop effective collaboration strategies in practice settings, it was essential to survey the attitudes of practising pharmacists towards collaboration. Objective To explore the awareness, views, attitudes and perceptions of practising pharmacists in Qatar towards interprofessional education and collaborative practice. Setting Community, hospital and primary healthcare settings in Qatar. Methods This was a two-staged sequential explanatory mixed method design. It utilised a quantitative survey (Stage 1), based on a modified version of the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale. This was followed by a qualitative stage, utilising focus groups (Stage 2). Main outcome measures (1) Qatar pharmacists' attitudes towards interprofessional education and collaborative practice; (2) Practising pharmacists' perspectives in relation to enablers, barriers and recommendations regarding interprofessional education and collaborative practice. Results 63% of the practising pharmacists (n = 178) responded to the survey. Three focus groups followed (total n = 14). High scores indicating readiness and positive attitudes towards interprofessional education were reported for pharmacists working in hospital, community and primary healthcare settings. Qualitative analysis identified three overarching themes in relation to the enablers, barriers and recommendations for practising pharmacists working collaboratively. The enabling themes were: professional and patient related benefits, and current positive influences in Qatar; the barriers were patients' negative perceptions; the status of the pharmacy profession and current working practices and processes; the recommendations related to improving patients' perceptions about pharmacists and enhancing the status of pharmacy profession in Qatar. The findings from this study highlighted two major observations: the lack of existence of collaborative practice and hierarchy and power play. Conclusion Pharmacists demonstrated willingness and readiness to develop interprofessional learning and collaborative practice with significant steps already taken towards improving collaborative working practices in different care settings.

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“…Self-report data suggests that most physicians receive less than four calls a day 1 , and that the advent of computer-generated prescriptions has reduced the number of interventions required by pharmacists 2 . Telephone calls remain the most preferred method of communication for pharmacists and prescribers, though pharmacists report wanting to explore electronic communication 3 . Barriers to high quality collaborative communication have been identified in focus groups with pharmacists and prescribers 4 .…”

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Direct observation of telephone communication between community pharmacies and prescribers in New Zealand

Trausch

Green

2018

Int J Clin Pharm

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Background Phone calls between pharmacists and prescribers play an important role in resolving potential errors and other issues. Despite their importance in patient care, and sometimes causing frustration for pharmacists, there is little research on these calls. Objective To quantify how long calls between pharmacists and prescribers are, how often phone calls occur, why calls are made, and who is called. Method An observational study was conducted with 130.5 h observed in 11 community pharmacies over 8 weeks in Dunedin, New Zealand, recording information about all incoming and outgoing calls. Data captured included information on length, date, time, reason for call, pharmacy staff involved, health professionals involved, and the place being called. We also surveyed pharmacists' perceptions of this communication. Results Data on 95 phone calls was captured. The mean length was 110 s (95% CI 88-133), at an average of 0.7 calls per hour. The most frequent reasons for calling were clarifications and dose inquiries. Conclusion Calling prescribers is perceived as a frustrating; however the frequency of calls we observed was low, but some were long. The amount of time spent for pharmacist interventions may be reduced using alternative communication methods but these need further study.

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“…Because the common opinion of medical and pharmaceutical professionals is becoming more relevant in the process of providing appropriate assistance to patients and participation in reimbursement programs, a number of studies have been conducted to improve the above issues. Thus, in a study called «Pharmacist and physician views on collaborative practice», scientists concluded that collaborative practice could lead to improved patient outcomes and optimized compensation payments [16]. The authors of the article «Facilitating collaboration between pharmacists and physicians using an iterative interview process» ound that cooperation in medical and pharmaceutical care, including monitoring and adherence to the medication regimen, common practice agreements, to resolve issues related to service and compensation, and the mechanism of urgent communication [17].…”

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Assessment and Solution of Problems of Implementation of Government Medicine Reimbursement Programs in Ukraine

Nemchenko¹,

Nazarkina²,

Kurylenko³

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The article analyzes the problems of implementation of drug reimbursement programs in Ukraine and in the countries of the world. One of the key problems in the countries of the world is the low index of cooperation between the doctor and the pharmacist, the patient's failure to adhere to the medication regimen and the recommendations of specialists. In Ukraine through questionnaires specialists found that one of the main problems is the unavailability of feedback through the "doctor-pharmacist-patient" and the interaction doctor pharmacist no number of monitoring of medical appointments. The need for close cooperation between doctors, pharmacists, patients and the state in order to justify improving the delivery and receipt of appropriate medical and pharmaceutical care.

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Pharmacist and physician views on collaborative practice

Cited by 111 publications

References 19 publications

Perspectives of practising pharmacists towards interprofessional education and collaborative practice in Qatar

Perspectives of practising pharmacists towards interprofessional education and collaborative practice in Qatar

Direct observation of telephone communication between community pharmacies and prescribers in New Zealand

Assessment and Solution of Problems of Implementation of Government Medicine Reimbursement Programs in Ukraine

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