The study was aimed at assessing and comparing physicians’ pharmacists’ attitudes experiences with collaborative practices, along the extent of barriers toward interprofessional collaboration in Iraqi healthcare settings. A descriptive, cross-sectional conducted among physicians pharmacists different settings Baghdad, Iraq through an interview using a structured 3-part questionnaire, demographi...

Position The American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists encourages hospital and health-system pharmacies to incorporate bar-code scanning into inventory management, dose preparation and packaging, and dispensing of medications. The purpose of such scanning is to ensure that drug products distributed, deployed to intermediate storage areas, or used in the preparation of patient doses are the c...

The aim of the present paper is to examine the complex relationship between medication and driving ability from the point o f view of Physicians and Pharmacists responsible for treating patients who drive: that is, choosing the right medication (medically prescribed or over-thecounter), or m odifying treatment accordingly, informing the patient about the prescribed drug or drugs, dispensing the...

BACKGROUND Community pharmacists are accessible health care professionals who encounter people with lived experience of mental illness and addictions in daily practice. Although some existing research supports that community pharmacists' interventions result in improved patient mental health outcomes, gaps in knowledge regarding the pharmacists' experiences with service provision to this popula...

As the world's population ages, global health care systems will face the burden of chronic diseases and polypharmacy use among older adults. The traditional tasks of medication dispensing and provision of basic education by pharmacists have evolved to active engagement in direct patient care and collaborative team-based care. The care of older patients is an especially fitting mission for pharm...

Pharmacists play a crucial role in the healthcare system by ensuring that patients receive safe and effective medications. They are responsible for dispensing medication, advising on drug interactions side effects, monitoring medication therapies, collaborating with other professionals to optimize patient outcomes additionally, pharmacists provide education disease management, compliance, lifes...

BACKGROUND The pharmacist's role in dispensing emergency contraception (EC) has become controversial due to the intersection of personal and professional ethics. Therefore, to examine the issue of EC availability, we surveyed a sample of West Texas pharmacists. West Texas is a religiously and politically conservative region where no methods of EC have been made available. OBJECTIVE to survey ...

BACKGROUND Generic substitution in several countries has become a common practice. Besides, it is considered as a major cost minimizing strategy meant to contain pharmaceutical expenditure without compromising healthcare quality. However, the safety and quality issues of generic products are of top concerns of general practitioners and health work professionals. This study aimed to investigate ...