Project Octo‐Pills—Engaging community pharmacists in the care of patients from a tertiary hospital: A pilot study

Neo, Zhi Yang; Low, Yi Ting; Ong, K. C. G.; Chong, Joy Boon Ka; Lim, Kean Long; Chan, Max Wei; Lim, A.; Mamun, Kaysar; Chen, Li Li

doi:10.1002/hpm.2718

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“…The relevance likely stemmed from the diverse responsibilities that community pharmacists undertake daily (Goode et al, 2019). These tasks encompass various domains, including medication dispensing and counselling (Singapore Pharmacy Council, 2021), patient education, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic (Poh & Lin, 2021), providing medication reconciliation and review (Neo et al, 2019;Singapore Pharmacy Council, 2021), provision of in-store patient care services (Camillia Deborah Dass, 2017;Yap et al, 2019), participating in collaborative patient care services with healthcare professionals (Lum et al, 2022;Singapore Pharmacy Council, 2021), engagement in telehealth services (Yap et al, 2021), promoting public health, pursuing continuing pharmacy education and many others.…”

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Defining evidence requirements for a Development Framework for Pharmacists (DFP) in community pharmacy practice

Chong,

Lim,

Goh

et al. 2024

Pharm Educ

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Background: The Development Framework for Pharmacists (DFP) was implemented in a pharmacy chain to guide pharmacist development. Both pharmacists and their supervisors faced challenges in defining evidence and performance levels for Domain 1 (Expert professional practice) standards. This study explored these challenges in a community pharmacy setting. Methods: Three online focus group discussions (FGDs) involving a DFP workgroup member and representatives from community pharmacies and polyclinics were conducted. The FGDs were facilitated by guiding questions and evidences gathered from pharmacists who had attempted the DFP. The FGDs were recorded, transcribed, and coded thematically. Results: Participants viewed the DFP as relevant to community practice but suggested aligning DFP evidence examples with community pharmacists’ responsibilities. Key themes from the FGDs included: (1) The need for clear definitions for descriptors, especially when identical evidence was used for different standards; (2) Professional education can be Domain 1 evidence when skills learned are demonstrated in the workplace; (3) Potential inclusion of education and training activities in Domain 1. (4) The need for a criteria model to assess pharmacists’ performance level in various roles and situations; (5) Clarification regarding the term "group of patients" (6) Considering back-end work as Domain 1 evidence. Conclusion: Addressing the above themes could enhance DFP integration for community pharmacists.

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Defining evidence requirements for a Development Framework for Pharmacists (DFP) in community pharmacy practice

Chong,

Lim,

Goh

et al. 2024

Pharm Educ

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“…In this model, community pharmacists played an important role in identifying and resolving DRPs by providing patients with medication reconciliation and review services from a more convenient neighbourhood location. 32 Liew et al conducted a systematic review with metaanalysis to pool the adverse outcomes of potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) in primary care. Although PIP did not affect mortality, it was significantly associated with other outcomes, including emergency room visits, ADEs, functional decline, health-related quality of life and hospitalizations.…”

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A review of the effectiveness of interventions to reduce medication errors among older adults in Singapore

Sivasamy

Kelvin

Mamun

et al. 2023

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare

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Background Medication errors (MEs) can lead to adverse effects and mortality, especially in older adults, due to physiological changes and accumulated multi-morbidities associated with ageing. Hence, interventions to reduce MEs among older adults are important and examining their effects will provide us with the impetus to improve upon current local measures to further reduce MEs. Objectives To review the effectiveness of the interventions that have been implemented locally to reduce MEs. Methods Using chosen keywords, searches were conducted in Pubmed and Google scholar. Based on their abstract, relevant articles were chosen from all retrieved articles that were published in English. Relevant online resources and other journal articles referenced in the chosen articles were also referenced in writing this narrative review. Results and Conclusion Although MEs occur globally, studies examining the prevalence of MEs within Asia are lacking and the impact of various local interventions to reduce MEs is also poorly understood. Electronic prescribing, a national electronic health records repository, education in geriatric pharmacotherapy, a more centralised pharmacist’s role and the use of prescribing assessment tools are local interventions whose effectiveness in reducing MEs are supported, instead, by overseas studies examining such similar interventions. Locally, more studies are needed to examine the effectiveness of interventions in reducing MEs in various settings.

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“…Community pharmacists today are involved in a wide range Of professional activities which may be considered as either product or patient oriented [4], anyway, community pharmacist can play an important role in patients' counseling and should be able to give all drug information in terms of appropriate drug usage, administration, dosage, side effects, storage, drug-drug and drug-food interactions [5], For the current time, it is conducted with regard to affording medicine data and facts and person care rather than medicine ordering and preparation [6,7]. Patient counseling is a cornerstone of ethical pharmacy practice and high quality pharmaceutical care, Counseling promotes patient compliance with prescription regimens and prevents dangerous drug interactions and medication errors.…”

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Awareness and approach in a sample of Community Pharmacists’ towards Patient Counseling in Thi-Qar/ Iraq and providing the appropriate solutions for the development of counseling

Nadem

2023

UTJsci

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The main activity of community pharmacies throughout the world is directed with regard todispensing medication and patient care rather than compounding. Patients counseling has improved health-related outcomes in many acute and chronic conditions. The aim of this study is Assess the knowledge of community pharmacits about the counseling practice of patients in a sample of pharmacists in Thi-Qar/Iraq and Providing the appropriate means for developing the counseling and continuating education programs for community pharmacist. A cross-sectional study plan employing questionnaires was arranged based on previous studies and accomplished on a good specimen sample of sixty-one community pharmacists from Thi-Qar from separated areas of Thi-Qar participated in this survey. There were about (33%) of males and (67%) of females of respondents. The generality of pharmacists were giving advising to the patients and 65% of them drained 1-5 minutes for the purposes of deal with a prescription and provide counseling. Pharmacist concentrated on side effect, indication, duration, frequency and the dose of the drug during counseling in different proportions. Most pharmacists reported that patient response to counseling was mostly positive. One of the main strategies that was highlighted in overcoming the obstacles in patient counseling was providing special area in the pharmacy for counseling. Another important strategy was preparation of continuous pharmacist education programs that can assist in ameliorate the counseling practice furthermore.

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Project Octo‐Pills—Engaging community pharmacists in the care of patients from a tertiary hospital: A pilot study

Cited by 4 publications

References 19 publications

Defining evidence requirements for a Development Framework for Pharmacists (DFP) in community pharmacy practice

Defining evidence requirements for a Development Framework for Pharmacists (DFP) in community pharmacy practice

A review of the effectiveness of interventions to reduce medication errors among older adults in Singapore

Awareness and approach in a sample of Community Pharmacists’ towards Patient Counseling in Thi-Qar/ Iraq and providing the appropriate solutions for the development of counseling

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