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Objectives

To evaluate the impact of an Act FAST educational intervention performed by student pharmacists on knowledge of stroke recognition and management.

Design

Stroke preparedness and knowledge of primary prevention were assessed with the use of pre- and post-intervention surveys targeting community members at health fairs. The intervention was an Act FAST educational session with blood pressure and blood glucose screenings provided by student pharmacists. Act FAST is a quick tool to help recognize and respond to a stroke. The acronym FAST stands for Face, Arms, Speech, and Time.

Setting

Community health fairs in Vallejo, CA.

Participants

Community members 18 years of age and older.

Intervention

Act FAST educational session delivered by student pharmacists.

Main outcome measures

Knowledge of signs, symptoms, management, and risk factors of strokes as defined by the American Heart Association.

Results

Following the Act FAST educational intervention, total knowledge of signs, symptoms, and management of stroke significantly increased from moderate to high (n = 112; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.419-2.188; P <0.0001). Total knowledge of risk factors of stroke also significantly increased following the educational intervention (n = 88; 95% CI 0.6496-1.746; P <0.0001).

Conclusion

The Act FAST educational intervention delivered by student pharmacists increased knowledge of signs, symptoms, immediate management, and modifiable risk factors of stroke. This suggests that student pharmacists may have a positive impact on community members’ preparedness and knowledge of primary prevention of stroke. The Act FAST campaign may be a useful tool for all training health care professionals.  相似文献   

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Objectives

To describe services provided by community pharmacies and to identify factors associated with services being provided in community pharmacies.

Design

Cross-sectional national mail survey.

Setting and participants

Pharmacists actively practicing in community pharmacies (independent, chain, mass merchandisers, and supermarkets).

Outcome measures

Frequency and type of pharmacy services available in a community pharmacy, including medication therapy management, immunization, adjusting medication therapy, medication reconciliation, disease state management, health screening or coaching, complex nonsterile compounding, and point-of-care testing.

Results

With a 48.4% response rate, the survey showed that community pharmacies offered on average 3 of the 8 services studied. Pharmacy chains and supermarket pharmacies reported providing significantly more services than did mass merchandise pharmacies. The number of pharmacy services provided was positively associated with involvement in an interprofessional care team, innovativeness, and perceived workload. The number of pharmacy services was negatively correlated with having 3.5 or more pharmacy technicians on duty.

Conclusion

Pharmacy chains and supermarkets are providing the most pharmacy services among community pharmacy settings. The number of services provided was associated with innovativeness, technician staffing, and perceived workload. Also, involvement with an interprofessional care team supported greater service delivery. Community pharmacies vary in their provision of services beyond dispensing.  相似文献   

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Objectives

Primarily to determine how many of our adult patients receive significant assistance from another individual with medication management. Secondarily, to determine if the number of prescribed medications can be predictors of whether the patient receives significant assistance with medication management.

Design

Cross-sectional survey study.

Setting

A level 3 patient-centered medical home family practice clinic in an inner city university hospital in Brooklyn, New York.

Participants

Patients 40 years of age and older coming for a regular clinic visit to see the primary care physician.

Intervention

Administering the survey to the patients was the intervention.

Main outcome measures

The number of patients who receive significant assistance with any phase of medication management was the main outcome measure.

Results

Out of 143 patients surveyed, 61 patients (42.7%) received assistance with 1 or more phases of medication management; 38.5% (n = 55) of patients received help with phase 1 (ensuring that patients have medications at home). Of those 55 patients, 28 (50.9%) received help from family members, 22 (40%) received help from pharmacies, and 5 (9.1%) received help from home health aides or visiting nurses. Thirteen patients (9%) received help with phase 2 (arranging medications to help take them properly); 11 (84.6%) of them received help from family members. Twenty-three patients (16.1%) received help with phase 3 (reminding patients to take medications or handing them to the patient); 17 (73.9%) out of 23 received help from family members. There was a statistically significant trend (Mann-Whitney 2-sided test: P <0.001) showing a direct relationship between the number of medications and the need for assistance with 1 or more phases of medication management.

Conclusion

Many adult patients receive help with 1 or more phases of medication management. Family members are the major source of assistance with medication management. Pharmacies also play an important role in making certain that patients have medications at home. Patients with a higher number of medications are more likely to receive assistance from others.  相似文献   

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Objective

To determine pharmacist impact on vaccination errors and missed opportunities in the pediatric primary care setting with the presence of clinical decision support (CDS) by comparing a clinic with a pharmacist and CDS to a clinic with CDS alone.

Design

A retrospective chart review of patients' electronic medical records compared vaccination errors and missed opportunities between 2 pediatric primary care clinics.

Setting

Two urban, pediatric primary care clinics were selected for the study.

Participants

Encounters were included in the analysis for children presenting for any visit over a 3-month period.

Intervention

The intervention clinic had a full-time clinical pharmacist and CDS. The comparison clinic had CDS alone.

Main outcome measures

Vaccination errors were defined as follows: doses administered before minimum recommended age, doses administered before minimum recommended dosing interval, unnecessary doses, and invalid doses for a combination of these reasons. Missed opportunities were defined as vaccine doses due at the date of encounter but not administered, without documented reason for vaccination delay or refusal by provider or patient. The likelihood of missing an opportunity was also assessed for patient age, visit type, and provider type.

Results

One thousand and twenty patient encounters were randomly selected and reviewed. The vaccination error rate was 0.4% in the comparison group and 0% in the intervention group (P = 0.4995). The number of encounters with a missed opportunity was significantly higher in the comparison group compared with the intervention group (51 vs. 30 encounters with missed opportunities; P = 0.015; adjusted odds ratio, 2.14 [95% CI 1.3-35]).

Conclusion

Although the use of CDS results in a low rate of vaccination errors, technology cannot be solely relied on for vaccination recommendations in the pediatric population because of the rigidity of CDS configuration. Pharmacists continue to play a vital role to ensure that children are appropriately vaccinated in the primary care setting.  相似文献   

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