Physician attitudes toward collaborative agreements with pharmacists and their expectations of community pharmacists’ responsibilities in West Virginia

Alkhateeb, Fadi M.; Unni, Elizabeth J.; Latif, David A.; Shawaqfeh, Mohammad S; Al-Rousan, Rabaa M.

doi:10.1331/japha.2009.08111

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“…Similar studies have also indicated a disconnect between pharmacist and physician perceptions regarding the pharmacist's role in patient care. 3,6,19 One study found that physicians viewed selecting over-the-counter medication, detecting potential drug interactions and helping with adherence issues as potential pharmacist roles, whereas pharmacists themselves viewed advising physicians about best medication regimens as a major aspect of their role. 6 A more recent study also found less physician support for pharmacists recommending the use of certain prescription medications to either patients or physicians or *Frequency at which each was considered to be among the top 3 most important pharmacist functions.…”

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“…Other similar studies reported response rates ranging from 22% to 39%. 7,[17][18][19] Evidence suggests that physician response rates to surveys or questionnaires may be less than ideal, although the reasons for this are unclear. 28,29 Several factors may have negatively affected our response rate, including the inability to survey the physicians via telephone and the lack of incentive offered for completed surveys.…”

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Pharmacist and physician views on collaborative practice

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Background: Strong working relationships between pharmacists and physicians are needed to optimize patient care. Understanding attitudes and barriers to collaboration between pharmacists and physicians may help with delivery of primary health care services. The objective of this study was to capture the opinions of family physicians and community pharmacists in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) regarding collaborative practice. Methods: Two parallel surveys were offered to all community pharmacists and family physicians in NL. Surveys assessed the following: attitudes and experience with collaborative practice, preferred communication methods, perceived role of pharmacists, areas for more collaboration and barriers to collaborative practice. Results for both groups were analyzed separately, with comparisons between groups to compare responses with similar questions. Results: Survey response rates were 78.6% and 7.1% for pharmacists and physicians, respectively. Both groups overwhelmingly agreed that collaborative practice could result in improved patient outcomes and agreed that major barriers were lack of time and compensation and the need to deal with multiple pharmacists/physicians. Physicians indicated they would like more collaboration for insurance approvals and patient counselling, while pharmacists want to assist with identifying and managing patients’ drug-related problems. Both groups want more collaboration to improve patient adherence. Conclusion: Both groups agree that collaborative practice can positively affect patient outcomes and would like more collaboration opportunities. However, physicians and pharmacists disagree about the areas where they would like to collaborate to deliver care. Changes to reimbursement models and infrastructure are needed to facilitate enhanced collaboration between pharmacists and physicians in the community setting.

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“…Understanding physicians’ expectations of pharmacists, therefore, should improve the collaboration between pharmacists and physicians. Several authors have reported physicians’ expectations of pharmacists in community [10,11,12] and hospital [12,13,14,15,16] settings, but not in the Saudi context.…”

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A Survey of Psychiatrists’ Expectations of Clinical Pharmacists in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Al-Aqeel

Al-sabhan

Aljumah³

2012

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Objectives: To measure psychiatrists’ experience and their expectations of the role of clinical pharmacists in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Subjects and Methods: The psychiatrists’ experience and their expectations were collected using a 4-part self-completed questionnaire: (a) demographic information, (b) psychiatrists’ current expectations of the roles of pharmacists, (c) psychiatrists’ actual experience with pharmacists, and (d) psychiatrists’ future expectations of pharmacists’ roles. Each part included a set of statements for which respondents were asked to indicate their level of agreement using a 5-point Likert scale. Results: Of the 102 questionnaires delivered to the Department of Psychiatry at 7 hospitals, 77 were returned, representing a response rate of 75%. 59 (77%) psychiatrists expected pharmacists to take personal responsibility for resolving any drug-related problems; 62 (81%) expected them to maintain a complete medication profile, and 58 (75%) expected them to educate patients about the safety and appropriate use of their medication. From their current experience with pharmacists, respondents indicated that pharmacists routinely counsel patients (33, 43%), inform them about the most cost-effective alternative (37, 48%), and discuss with them the therapeutic value of the drugs (37, 48%). 49 (63%) of respondents agreed that in the future, pharmacists should routinely adjust the drug therapy for patients under protocol approved by the physician, and 51 (66%) felt that pharmacists should share legal responsibility for clinical outcomes. Conclusion: Psychiatrists in Riyadh had great expectations of clinical pharmacists to take personal responsibility for resolving drug-related problems they discovered and to assist in designing drug therapy treatment plans. The psychiatrists’ current experience with pharmacists did not, in some cases, meet their expectations.

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“…While other clinical providers have expressed support for a collaborative relationship with pharmacists, more effort is needed to define the roles of pharmacists as a provider of clinical services, which may then lead to greater acceptance by other providers as a member of the clinical team [27][28][29][30][31]. Thus, one of the topics in the certificate program is engagement with local practitioners to discuss the delivery of PGx testing prior to implementation.…”

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