Version 1
: Received: 20 June 2023 / Approved: 4 July 2023 / Online: 5 July 2023 (15:13:02 CEST)
How to cite:
Christiansen, M.; Joensen, N.; Jacobsen, R. Feasibility of the Clinical Pharmacist - Led Medication Review Service at the Surgical Department of the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands. Preprints2023, 2023070319. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0319.v1
Christiansen, M.; Joensen, N.; Jacobsen, R. Feasibility of the Clinical Pharmacist - Led Medication Review Service at the Surgical Department of the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands. Preprints 2023, 2023070319. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0319.v1
Christiansen, M.; Joensen, N.; Jacobsen, R. Feasibility of the Clinical Pharmacist - Led Medication Review Service at the Surgical Department of the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands. Preprints2023, 2023070319. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0319.v1
APA Style
Christiansen, M., Joensen, N., & Jacobsen, R. (2023). Feasibility of the Clinical Pharmacist - Led Medication Review Service at the Surgical Department of the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0319.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Christiansen, M., Niels Joensen and Ramune Jacobsen. 2023 "Feasibility of the Clinical Pharmacist - Led Medication Review Service at the Surgical Department of the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.0319.v1
Abstract
Clinical pharmacists are employed at many hospital departments in Denmark, but not yet on the Faroe Islands. The purpose of this study was to test feasibility of a clinical pharmacist-led medication review service at the surgical ward of the National Hospital on the Faroe Islands. Hospitalised surgical patients were offered a medication review service by a clinical pharmacist. Identified drug related problems (DRPs) were classified according to the Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe (PCNE) model. The qualitative inputs from the ward’s staff were collected. In total, 42 patients with 171 identified DRPs were included. The majority of the DRPs concerned suboptimal effect and the safety of the drug treatment. The 49.6 % of the proposed medication changes were accepted by the ward physicians. According to the qualitative inputs, the interest for the service was greater among the younger physicians compared to the older ones, and among nurses compared to physicians. Identified barriers for the optimal service implementation were an absence of medication ordinations and poor visibility of pharmacist’s notes in electronic health records. For a successful implementation of the service, work on the physicians’ interest in an interdisciplinary cooperation and optimization of the electronic health records are warranted.
Keywords
medication review; clinical pharmacist; hospital
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Other
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