Integrating pharmacy fully into the primary care team

Integrating Spirituality into Primary Care

Integrating family medicine and pharmacy to advance primary care therapeutics.

The prevalence of suboptimal prescribing of medications is well documented. Patients are often undertreated or not offered therapeutic treatments that are likely to confer benefit. As a result, drug-related hospital admissions are common and often preventable. Improvements to the health-care system are clearly needed in order to maximize the benefits that can be derived from medications. Many c...

Integrating a pharmacist into an already-established primary health care team.

JCPH – Vol. 64, n 3 – mai–juin 2011 222 4. Heparin sodium in .9% sodium chloride injection. In: Health Canada drug product database; 1994 Dec 31 [cited 2010 Nov 28]. Available from: http://webprod.hc-sc.gc.ca/dpd-bdpp/info.do?lang=eng&code=10521 5. Newby B. Heparin for arterial lines in neonates. Message posted to [email protected]; 2010 Sep 7. 6. Ankola PA, Atakent YS. Effect...

Integrating Oral Health Care into Primary Health Care System

Introduction. Systematic evaluation is an integral part of the organization and delivery of community oral health care programmes, ensuring the effectiveness of these community-based interventions. This study aimed to assess the knowledge and practice of primary health care (PHC) personnel regarding their duties toward oral health. Methods and Material. A cross-sectional study was carried out a...

The challenge of integrating genetic medicine into primary care.

The likely increases in availability of DNA based tests and demand by patients for genetic information and advice mean that primary care practitioners will need to become genetically literate. 2 Genetic medicine is already beginning to enter the realms of primary care through the availability of testing for predisposition to certain cancers and carrier screening and diagnostic tests for common ...