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Amy Shaver Melissa Morano Jill Pogodzinski Stacy Fredrick David Essi Erin Slazak 《Journal of the American Pharmacists Association》2019,59(2):202-209
Objectives
The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a transitions-of-care (TOC) program on both all-cause and related 30-day hospital readmission. The secondary objective was to evaluate which patient-specific factors, if any, are predictive of 30-day hospital readmissions.Design, setting, and participants
A TOC program in an outpatient pharmacy, driven primarily by student pharmacists, provided telephone-based counseling to recently discharged patients. The calls were conducted within 2 to 7 days after discharge and focused on medication counseling and reconciliation, as well as promotion of a physician follow-up visit. The goal of this program was to decrease hospital readmissions among patients discharged with a cardiovascular-related diagnosis. Patient-specific information was recorded in a spreadsheet, including discharge diagnosis, and readmission diagnosis for those who returned to an inpatient facility within 30 days. This study was a retrospective chart review. Data were manually extracted from the program’s data spreadsheet and the institution’s electronic medical record for patients referred to the TOC program from June through November 2017. Patients discharged to hospice, prison, or a long-term care facility were excluded from analysis. Researchers collected information on patient demographics, diagnoses, and readmissions. Data analyses were performed with the use of SAS 9.4.Outcome measures
The primary outcome measure was 30-day all-cause readmission, and the secondary measure was 30-day related readmission.Results
A total of 1219 encounters were examined. Compared with those patients without TOC participation, those who used the TOC program had a 67% decreased odds of all-cause 30-day readmission (odds ratio [OR] 0.33, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.22–0.48; P < 0.0001) and a 62% decreased odds of a related readmission (OR 0.38, 95% CI 0.18–0.82; P = 0.008).Conclusion
Community pharmacists and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience–level student pharmacists have the potential to make a significant impact on reducing hospital readmission rates. 相似文献3.
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To describe barriers faced by community pharmacists and recommend strategies to demonstrate the value of community-based pharmacy services.Data sources
Not applicable.Summary
Progress toward the Triple Aim and value-based programs increases opportunities for pharmacists to provide value within the health care system. However, community pharmacists continue to face many barriers to showing their value. A lack of provider status prevents independent billing for services and perpetuates an inability to provide care. Traditional documentation tools focus on dispensing and restrict bidirectional communication and interoperability with other electronic medical records. Finally, a lack of robust quality improvement and research infrastructure limits pharmacists’ ability to contribute to evidence demonstrating their value.Conclusion
Barriers to demonstrating the value of pharmacist-provided services can be overcome through ongoing efforts for pharmacist provider status, use of the Pharmacist eCare Plan, and greater quality improvement and research infrastructure in community pharmacies. 相似文献6.
Adam Ward Jill Hall Jay Mutch Lydia Cheung Matthew Ken Cor Theresa L. Charrois 《Journal of the American Pharmacists Association》2019,59(1):23-29.e1
Objectives
The primary objective of this study was to identify characteristics of pharmacists that contribute to their success.Design
A working definition of success in pharmacy practice was derived from a scoping literature review and is based on the premise that successful pharmacists practice to full scope within the context of their practice setting. Semistructured individual interviews were conducted with selected pharmacists. Potential candidates were nominated by leading pharmacists in the field with the use of our prespecified definition of success. Lists from the nominators were compared, and pharmacists who appeared on more than 1 list were invited to participate. The interview tool was developed with the use of previous research on success in health care professions.Setting and participants
Participants were 10 practicing pharmacists in a variety of locations (5 urban/5 rural) and practice settings (5 hospital/4 community/1 ambulatory care).Outcome measures
Themes related to successful pharmacists practicing to full scope.Results
Pharmacists meeting our definition of success were engaged in assessment and care planning, other expanded scope activities, and interpersonal activities and collaboration. The 10 interviewed pharmacists described motivation, critical thinking, emotional intelligence, core competencies, and work-life balance as significant contributors to their success.Conclusion
Several characteristics were identified as potentially related to success. These characteristics may be useful in pharmacists identifying areas for personal growth and development. 相似文献7.
Eric A. Wright Jove H. Graham Daniel Maeng Lorraine Tusing Lori Zaleski Richard Martin Rick Seipp Bruce Citsay Bette McDonald Kelly Bolesta Kim Chaundy Charles J. Medico Steve Gunderman Fred Leri Kelly Guza Rebecca Price Christina Gregor Dean T. Parry 《Journal of the American Pharmacists Association》2019,59(2):178-186
Objectives
To determine the impact of pharmacist-provided continuous care and electronic communication on readmissions among a group of high-risk patients.Design
Pragmatic interventional study with 5:1 matched control.Setting and participants
Patients discharged from any of 4 hospitals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or diabetes within Pennsylvania. Patients in the intervention group received consultative services from inpatient pharmacists before discharge and inpatient–to–community pharmacist communication of hospitalization information facilitated with the use of a secure messaging system. After discharge, patients received up to 5 in-person or telephonic medication management consultations with their community pharmacists.Main outcome measures
The principal end point was 30-day readmission. Secondary end points included time to event (readmission, emergency department [ED] visit, death, or composite of hospitalization, ED, or death) over 90 days after discharge. Financial feasibility and sustainability were also assessed with the use of a return-on-investment (ROI) model based on information within the subset of patients with health plan coverage.Results
Among patients who received inpatient intervention plus consultation with community pharmacists compared with matched control patients, we observed a lower 30-day readmission rate (9% vs. 15%, respectively; P = 0.02), 30-day all-cause mortality (2% vs. 5%; P = 0.04), and composite 30-day end point of readmission, ED visit, or death (22% vs. 28%; P = 0.09). Differences between the groups diminished and no longer maintained statistical significance at 90 days. An estimated average ROI of 8.1 was also observed among the subset with health plan information (worst base case range 1.9–16.3).Conclusion
Connecting community pharmacists to inpatient pharmacists during the transitional hospital-to-home time frame is feasible and resulted in lower 30-day readmissions and significant ROI, that is, significant impact on health care utilization and total health care costs. Results of this study have broad implications for improving the care of high-risk patients moving from hospital to home, most notably in the engagement of community pharmacists after discharge to assure medication use and follow-up to reduce readmissions and total costs of care. 相似文献8.
Kyle R. Frazier Kimberly C. McKeirnan Sorosh Kherghehpoush Lisa J. Woodard 《Journal of the American Pharmacists Association》2019,59(2):210-216
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To understand rural patient opinions regarding their willingness to participate in pharmacist-provided chronic condition management.Design
Qualitative semi-structured key informant interview using The Concept of Access as a theoretical framework.Setting
Three community pharmacies serving patients in rural Washington State from November 2016 to November 2017.Participants
Current patients from 3 rural independent community pharmacies.Main Outcome Measures
Qualitative analysis of patient attitudes, acceptance, perceptions, and preferences regarding pharmacist-provided chronic condition management services in a community pharmacy.Results
Eighteen key informant interviews were conducted between November 2016 and November 2017. Five themes were identified: trust between the pharmacist, patient, and physician is key; patients already value pharmacists’ knowledge about chronic condition medications; participants identified the pharmacist as the first point of contact with regard to understanding appropriate use of medications to treat medical conditions; implementing clinical services in the community pharmacy setting may reduce the need for doctors’ visits and improve timely patient care; and creating designated clinical space, appointment options, and efficient service may increase patient accommodation.Conclusion
Management of chronic conditions continues to be one of the largest health care expenditures in the United States. One promising method of addressing this public health concern is through sustainable clinical pharmacy services. The themes identified in this study provide insight into factors that community pharmacists might consider as medical provider status continues to gain momentum and the use of clinical pharmacy services becomes more prominent. 相似文献9.
Joshua L. Akers Geoffrey Meer Jeffrey Kintner Anna Shields Laurel Dillon-Sumner Jennifer L. Bacci 《Journal of the American Pharmacists Association》2019,59(2):243-251
Objectives
To describe one independent pharmacy group’s experience delivering and being reimbursed for in-home medication coaching, or home visits, to high-risk and high-complexity community-dwelling patients.Setting
A nondispensing clinical division of an independent community pharmacy in Seattle, Washington.Practice innovation
A community pharmacist–led in-home medication coaching program delivered through partnerships with 3 community-based organizations for referrals and payment over a 4.5-year period. Community-based partners included a state comprehensive care management program, a local health system’s cardiology clinic, and the local Area Agency on Aging.Evaluation
A retrospective analysis of patient demographics, drug therapy problems, interventions, and pharmacy and technician time was conducted with the use of the pharmacy’s internal patient care documentation and billing systems from January 1, 2012, to June 31, 2016.Results
A total of 462 home visits (142 initial, 320 follow-up) were conducted with 142 patients. Patients averaged 13 disease states (range 3–31) and 16 medications (range 1–44) at their initial visit. Pharmacists identified an average of 11 drug therapy problems per patient (range 1–36) and performed an average of 13 interventions per patient (range 1–48). The most common drug therapy problem identified was nonadherence, and the most common intervention performed was education. The median pharmacist time in the home was 1.5 hours (range 0.67–2.75) for an initial visit and 1 hour (range 0.08–2.25) for a follow-up visit.Conclusion
Home visits can be successfully implemented by community pharmacists to provide care to high-risk and high-complexity community-dwelling patients. Our experience may inform other community pharmacy organizations looking to develop similar home visit services. 相似文献10.
Jeroen M. van de Pol Jurjen G. Geljon Svetlana V. Belitser Geert W.J. Frederix Anke M. Hövels Marcel L. Bouvy 《Research in social & administrative pharmacy》2019,15(1):70-76
Introduction
The nature of community pharmacy is changing, shifting from the preparation and distribution of medicines to the provision of cognitive pharmaceutical services (CPS); however, often the provision of traditional services leaves little time for innovative services. This study investigated the time community pharmacists spend on the tasks and activities of daily practice and to what extent they are able to implement CPS-related services in daily practice.Methods
Self-reporting work sampling was used to register the activities of community pharmacists. A smartphone application, designed specifically for this purpose, alerted participants to register their current activity five times per working day for 6 weeks. Participants also completed an online survey about baseline characteristics.Results
Ninety-one Dutch community pharmacists provided work-sampling data (7848 registered activities). Overall, 51.5% of their time was spent on professional activities, 35.4% on semi-professional activities, and 13.1% on non-professional activities. The proportion of time devoted to CPS decreased during the workweek, whereas the time spent on traditional task increased.Discussion and conclusion
This study shows it is feasible to collect work-sampling data using smartphone technology. Community pharmacists spent almost half of their time on semi-professional and non-professional activities, activities that could be delegated to other staff members. In practice, the transition to CPS is hampered by competing traditional tasks, which prevents community pharmacists from profiling themselves as pharmaceutical experts in daily practice. 相似文献11.
Background
Pharmacists need to demonstrate knowledge of and have confidence in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) therapeutic equivalence (TE) standards to improve acceptance of generic medicines amongst patients and other healthcare professionals.Objective
To evaluate community pharmacists' understanding, interpretation and perceptions of the FDA TE standards to identify if further education is needed on this topic.Methods
An anonymous, 13-item survey was piloted and then distributed by e-mail to a random sample of 287 Indiana community pharmacists. The 5-min survey included demographic, knowledge-based, and perception-based questions on FDA TE criteria that participants were given one week to complete. Participants completed the survey using a Web-based survey tool (Qualtrics).Results
192 pharmacists completed the survey achieving a response rate of 66.9%. Only 7.3% of respondents correctly identified FDA bioequivalence criteria for approval of generic drug products. Two questions presented TE codes from the Orange Book and asked respondents to identify if a pair of drug products were therapeutically equivalent: 62.6% and 61.0% of respondents answered correctly. However, 89.4% of respondents correctly indicated that the Orange Book is the location of FDA TE evaluations. 74.9% of responding pharmacists indicated a positive perception of the rigor of FDA approval standards associated with generic medications and 66.0% believed that generic drug products made by different manufacturers are of similar quality.Conclusions
The results suggest that community pharmacists need additional education on the interpretation of TE codes and FDA bioequivalence criteria for approval of generic drug products. The safety and efficacy of generics are often questioned by patients and physicians. It is important for pharmacists to be knowledgeable of FDA TE standards as they are experts in medicines and need to be confident with the criteria to effectively convey them to patients and healthcare professionals. 相似文献12.
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Andrew W. Roberts Delesha M. Carpenter Austin Smith Kevin A. Look 《Research in social & administrative pharmacy》2019,15(2):222-225
Background
Expanding access to naloxone is crucial for mitigating the public health epidemic of opioid overdose deaths in America. Pharmacists now have greater independent authority to dispense naloxone to the public due to a wave of enhanced pharmacy naloxone access laws. It is unknown to what extent pharmacists are required to receive specialized training to serve in this capacity.Objectives
The goal of this study was to review naloxone training mandates from states with enhanced pharmacy naloxone access laws.Methods
Structured internet searches were completed using publicly available legislative, regulatory, and administrative records to identify the type of enhanced pharmacy naloxone access law and the presence and characteristics of a pharmacist naloxone training mandate in each state.Results
As of November 22, 2017, all 50 states have implemented an enhanced pharmacy naloxone access law. Only 19 states mandated targeted naloxone education before pharmacists engaged in independent naloxone dispensing/prescribing activities.Conclusions
A lack of standardized naloxone training requirements for naloxone-dispensing pharmacists may affect the rate of adoption of enhanced pharmacy naloxone dispensing practices at community pharmacies and suboptimal education of patients at risk of opioid overdose. Ensuring pharmacists' preparedness to serve as naloxone providers is necessary to meaningfully prevent opioid overdose deaths in their communities. 相似文献14.
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Joshua D. Feldman Rachel I. Otting Craig M. Otting Matthew J. Witry 《Journal of the American Pharmacists Association》2018,58(1):36-43
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To assess the impact of a community pharmacist–delivered care transition intervention on 30-day hospital readmissions.Setting
A single private 263-bed hospital in the Midwest United States and 12 partnering community pharmacies, 1 serving as primary pharmacy.Practice innovation
Adult general medicine inpatients were evaluated by nursing staff with the use of a worksheet based on the Better Outcomes by Optimizing Safe Transitions (BOOST) readmission risk toolkit. The highest-risk patients were enrolled in a 3-contact intervention. First, a pharmacist from the primary community pharmacy delivered an in-room work-up. The pharmacist focused on medication education, problem identification, and verifying medication access following discharge. A pharmacist visited the hospital for approximately 4 hours most weekdays, during which the pharmacist saw 3-4 patients. A community pharmacist telephoned these patients 8 and 25 days after discharge.Evaluation
The intervention was provided to 555 patients who had a mean readmission risk worksheet score of 1.90 (SD 1.13) and not provided to 430 patients with lower readmission risk worksheet scores, which averaged 0.68 (SD 0.86; P < 0.001). Thirty-day readmissions to the study hospital were lower for intervention patients (8.1%) versus comparison patients (21.4%; P < 0.001). Thirty-day readmissions to any hospital were calculated for a subsample of 129 intervention patients and 103 comparison patients with Medicare Fee for Service insurance for which claims were available, but the difference (10.9% and 15.5%, respectively) did not reach statistical significance (P = 0.328).Practice implication
A community pharmacy was successful in partnering with a hospital and other community pharmacies to lead a care transitions intervention associated with reduced 30-day same-hospital readmissions.Conclusion
A community pharmacist–led intervention delivered to higher-risk patients showed a significant decrease in readmission rate to the same hospital compared with lower-risk patients hospitalized in the same unit but not receiving the intervention. This supports the community pharmacists’ role in care transitions. 相似文献17.
Mhd Wasem Alsabbagh Dana Church Lisa Wenger John Papastergiou Lalitha Raman-Wilms Eric Schneider Nancy Waite 《Research in social & administrative pharmacy》2019,15(2):202-206
Background
One approach to boost influenza vaccination coverage has been to expand immunization authority. In 2012, the province of Ontario gave community pharmacists the authority to administer the influenza vaccine.Objective
This study investigates the perspectives of Ontario pharmacy patrons, who had not recently received this vaccine from a pharmacist, regarding this pharmacist service.Methods
A survey was administered in six Ontario community pharmacies to pharmacy patrons who had not received an influenza vaccination from a pharmacist during the previous year. The instrument included questions about influenza vaccination, and knowledge of and attitudes toward vaccines and pharmacist-administered immunization.Results
A total of 541 pharmacy patrons completed the survey (53.9% response rate). About one-third (30.5%) of respondents were not aware that pharmacists could give the influenza vaccine, with younger individuals being less likely to be aware (OR 0.48, 95% CI 0.29–0.77, p?<?0.05) and less likely to receive the vaccine annually (OR 0.28, 95% CI 0.19–0.42, p?<?0.05). Leading reasons respondents gave as to why they did not receive their influenza vaccine from a pharmacist included not wanting or feeling they needed to be immunized (41.6%) and being used to receiving the vaccine from a physician (16.5%). Concerns about the experience and training of pharmacists and lack of privacy in a community pharmacy were uncommon.Conclusion
Reduced awareness of the availability of pharmacist-provided influenza vaccine is still common. Pharmacists have a significant opportunity to address lack of awareness and vaccine hesitancy issues. They can promote this service to increase influenza vaccination rates among pharmacy patrons who do not utilize this professional service. 相似文献18.
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Mai H. Duong Rebekah J. Moles Betty Chaar Timothy F. Chen 《Research in social & administrative pharmacy》2019,15(3):260-266