A pharmacist art lover, Charles-Honoré Thévenot

Set up in Dijon (C?te-d'Or), the pharmacist Charles-Honoré Thévenot (1812-1894) is mainly known as being the inventor of an industrial process for manufacturing and filling the medicamentous capsules. It was also a great art lover which had joined together an important collection of engravings and drawings. It was bequeathed to the town of Dijon and now constitues one of the jewels of its Museum of Fine Arts.     

A pharmacist designer and manufacturer of veterinarian patent medicines, Paul Méré, de Chantilly

In the last quarter of the 19th century, Paul Méré, pharmacist in Chantilly (Oise), worked out and marketed a range of veterinarian medicines mainly intended for horses. He pursued his activity in Orleans (Loiret), giving her a big extension with export of his patents medicines in numerous foreign countries, this company having remained up to the Second World War.     

Jean Hachette, pharmacist of Maison royale de Santé, complementary biography

Until 1814, Jean Hachette (1775-1840) practised as a military pharmacist and then as a hospital pharmacist in Paris. For him both professional and personal aspects of his life were affected by his fondness for gambling. His son, Louis (1800-1860), famous businessman and publisher, tempted to introduce him again to the authorities as military pharmacist in 1830 when he had to resign after a dispute with professeur Duméril (1774-1860). So, Hachette ended his career at the military hospital of Longwy. These facts are attested by archives documents.     

Lack of pharmacist–physician communication associated with nimesulide-induced oligohydramnios during pregnancy

Case

The consequences of medication errors can be serious, especially in pregnant women. When decision-making is critical, physician–pharmacist communication has the potential to improve patient safety. In this report, we describe the case of a pregnant woman who developed oligohydramnios after taking nimesulide for neuropathic pain. The drug was improperly prescribed by a family physician and mistakenly dispensed by a community pharmacist. Oligohydramnios was observed during ultrasound examination and an iatrogenic cause was suspected. This case is presented to raise awareness that patient safety is threatened because of a lack of physician–pharmacist communication, especially for pregnant patients.

Conclusion

Healthcare professionals are continually at-risk for making errors at work. Effective inter-professional communication should be an organisational tool to prevent adverse events for pregnant women.

     

Evaluation of a Danish pharmacist student–physician medication review collaboration model

Background Interprofessional collaboration between pharmacists and physicians to conduct joint home medication reviews (HMR) is important for optimizing the medical treatment of patients suffering from chronic illnesses. However, collaboration has proved difficult to achieve. The HMR programme “Medisam” was launched in 2009 at the University of Copenhagen with the aim of “developing, implementing and evaluating a collaboration model for HMRs and medicine reconciliations in Denmark”. The Medisam programme involves patients, pharmacy internship students, the (pharmacist) supervisor of the pharmacy students and physicians. Objective To explore if it was possible through the Medisam programme to obtain a fruitful HMR collaboration between pharmacy internship students and physicians as a means to develop HMR collaboration between trained pharmacists and physicians further. Setting Ten matching pairs of student–physician collaboration were studied across Denmark. Method Semi-structured interviews about existing collaboration were conducted with pharmacy internship students in the HMR programme, their supervisors and physicians partners. The theoretical framework forming the analyses was derived especially from works of Bradley et al. (Res Soc Adm Pharm 8:36–46, 2012), and Snyder et al. (Res Soc Adm Pharm 6:307–23, 2010) on pharmacists/physician collaboration. Main outcome measure The development of inter-professional collaboration between students and physicians according to the three collaboration drivers: trustworthiness, role specification and professional interaction. Results Full collaboration was not achieved. Physicians found collaboration satisfactory, students however expressed the need of more interaction with physicians. The written collaboration contracts did not ensure a possible need of students to re-negotiate roles and tasks, and did therefore not entirely ensure role specification. Developing mutual professional interdependence through students being recognized by physicians to contribute to improved patient outcomes was also limited. Conclusion Some challenges to fruitful collaboration were identified. Solutions to these challenges include students and their pharmacist supervisors to find ways to present their collaborative needs to physicians and for students to illustrate more explicitly the benefits patient achieve if physicians implement the recommendations of students.     

The pharmacist Léopold Mathet and the photography

From 1872 and during half-century , the pharmacist Léopold Mathet (1850-1922) was interested in theoretical and practical faces of photography whose he was a talented popularizer by means of his many books and publications. He specially got enthusiastic over colour photography by additive trichromy and he made sensitized plates including polychromatic net which, as early as 1904, he achieved successfully fine colour photographs.     

Ottoman pharmacist Pierre Apéry and his scientifical publications

Pierre Apéry, owner of a laboratory and one of the most famous pharmacy in Istanbul, is a model of life quite devoted to his business. His publications (end of 19th/beginning of 20th century), which plaid a major role in the formation and the dissemination of knowledge about health, are a precious testimony about pharmacy and medicine in the Ottoman Empire.     

Using theory to predict implementation of a physician–pharmacist collaborative intervention within a practice-based research network

BackgroundStudies have demonstrated that physician/pharmacist collaboration can improve management of chronic conditions.ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to determine whether a correlation exists between existing clinical pharmacy services within a practice-based research network (PBRN) and provider attitudes and beliefs regarding implementing a new pharmacy intervention based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB).MethodsA validated survey was completed by one clinical pharmacist from each office. This instrument evaluated the current clinical pharmacy services provided in the medical office. TPB instruments were developed that measured beliefs concerning implementation of a clinical pharmacy intervention for either blood pressure or asthma. The pharmacy services and TPB surveys were then administered to physicians and pharmacists in 32 primary care offices throughout the United States.ResultsPhysicians returned 321 (35.9%) surveys, while pharmacists returned 40 (75.5%). The Cronbach's alpha coefficients generally ranged from 0.65 to 0.98. TPB subscale scores were lower in offices rated with lower pharmacy service scores, but these differences were not statistically significant. There was no correlation between clinical pharmacy service score and providers' TPB subscale scores. In both the hypertension and asthma groups, pharmacists scores were significantly higher than physicians' scores on the attitudes subscale in the multivariate analysis (P < 0.001 and P < 0.05, respectively).ConclusionsPharmacists consistently scored higher than physicians on the TPB, indicating that they felt the hypertension or asthma intervention would be more straightforward for them to implement than did physicians. There was no significant correlation between clinical pharmacy service scores and attitudes toward implementing a future physician/pharmacist collaborative intervention using the TPB. Future studies should investigate the ability of the TPB instrument to predict implementation of a similar intervention in offices of physicians never exposed to clinical pharmacy services.     

Doctors’ perceptions,expectations and experience regarding the role of pharmacist in hospital settings of Pakistan

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy - Background The inclusion of pharmacist in health care system is essential to ensure optimal patient care. However, with the passage of time,...     

Doctor–pharmacist communication in hospitals: strategies,perceptions, limitations and opportunities

Background Effective communication between health professionals contributes to safe and efficient patient care, whereas communication breakdown can lead to adverse patient outcomes and increased healthcare expenditure. Information on how pharmacists and doctors communicate with each other in hospitals is limited. Objective To explore usage and perceptions of communication methods by doctors and pharmacists in hospital settings. Setting Four public hospitals in Australia. Method A mixed method study utilising a pilot questionnaire, semi-structured interviews, and electronic survey was designed. Frequentist statistics and logistic regression were used to analyse survey data. Thematic analysis was conducted to evaluate semi-structured interview data and free-text survey comments. Main outcome measures: Frequency of use of communication methods, perceptions of the convenience, time taken to use, accuracy and effectiveness of each method. Results More than 95% of doctors and pharmacists combined used face-to-face and phone calls to communicate with each other, 70% used a medication management plan, and 62% used progress notes. A preference for oral communication was confirmed with the expressed need for building professional rapport and receiving responses. Perceptions regarding effectiveness of oral communication methods were related to perceptions of their convenience and accuracy. Professional groups described differences in perceived ownership of various modes of communication. Conclusions Preferences for oral communication create potential issues with recall and comprehension. Integrating oral communication features into written communication methods, e.g. creating responses, conversations, building rapport, may change doctors’ and pharmacists’ perceptions of effectiveness. Communication receipt and response functionality in electronic medication and record management systems may improve communication.     

Moyse Charas, an apothecary, a physician, as well as the author of "Pharmacopée royale galénique et chymique". The study of his dynasty

New research works conducted at the Archives nationales led to the discovery of numerous documents related to Moyse Charas's progeny and made it possible to complete former studies. Presently the filiation of this famous family of Parisians apothecaries of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is well established. A family tree has been drawn up.     

Doctors’ and nurses’ perceptions of a ward-based pharmacist in rural northern Sweden

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy - Background This project is part of the prospective quasi experimental proof-of-concept investigation of clinical pharmacist intervention study to reduce...     

The From The Heart study: a global survey of patient understanding of cholesterol management and cardiovascular risk,and physician–patient communication

ABSTRACT

Objectives: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. A high level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL?C) is a major CVD risk factor. Guidelines recommend effective cholesterol management and set LDL?C goals, yet deficiencies exist in physician implementation of these recommendations and in patient uptake of the advice. However, little is known of patient perceptions about CVD risk.

Methods: Patients and physicians were randomly selected from ten countries to complete a confidential, semi-structured questionnaire.

Results: Response rates were 27% (n?=?750) for physicians and 83% (n?=?1547) for patients. Patients believed cancer (43%) to be a greater cause of mortality than heart attack or stroke (34%). Despite 77% of patients claiming to be satisfied with information on high cholesterol, only 26% were aware that heart attack was a possible consequence, and only 35% of patients thought they had achieved their cholesterol goals. Virtually all physicians (99%) claimed to inform patients of their cholesterol level, while 18% of patients reported that they were not informed. Although patients and physicians were selected at random, limitations of this survey relate typically to the reliability of physician and patient responses and the possibility that the survey population may not represent the overall population. A broad range of patients’ backgrounds and a high response rate (83%) suggest these effects would be minimal in the patient population.

Conclusions: The From The Heart study has shown surprisingly poor knowledge of CVD risk amongst patients with elevated cholesterol. This may contribute to poor concordance with recommendations and treatment.     

Biographical notes on Pierre Chéri Grimaux, Marine pharmacist, professor at the Rochefort's School of Navy Health (1795-1860)

Born on the Directoire, engaged as ship-boy in Navy, injured, demobilized, engaged in Army as far as the end of Cent Jours, starts again his studies at the Rochefort's School of Navy Health, he finished his career as chief-pharmacist-professor in 1852. He died at Rochefort in 1860, Father of Edouard Grimaux, he influenced the career choice of his son toward chemistry with the success and notoriety as we know.