PURPOSE This study aimed to identify the types of drug information resources used by community pharmacists in daily practice in Penang, Malaysia. METHOD A cross-sectional based survey was conducted among randomly selected community pharmacists in Penang state, Malaysia. Data was analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Science Students SPSS 13®. Face-to-face interviews were conducted...

BACKGROUND Health care reform initiatives are examining new care delivery models and payment reform alternatives such as medical homes, health homes, community-based care transitions teams, medical neighborhoods and accountable care organizations (ACOs). Of particular interest is the extent to which pharmacists are integrated in team-based health care reform initiatives and the related perspect...

This study aimed to identify the knowledge, skills and attitudes of Brazilian hospital pharmacists in the use of information technology and electronic tools to support clinical practice. METHODS A questionnaire was sent by email to clinical pharmacists working public and private hospitals in Brazil. The instrument was validated using the method of Polit and Beck to determine the content valid...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore how well Victorian pharmacists perceived they understood pharmacogenetics, their perceived capacity to counsel a patient about such testing, how they believed pharmacogenetics would impact upon their profession, and to investigate the ways in which Victorian pharmacists would like to be educated about pharmacogenetics. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was...

OBJECTIVES Main study aim was as follows: (1) to explore the usefulness of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) model in predicting Chinese hospital pharmacists' intention to provide clinical pharmacy services (CPSs), including auxiliary CPSs and core CPSs; (2) to identify the main factors affecting the Chinese hospital pharmacists' intention to provide core CPSs based on TPB quantitatively. ...

The Australian generic medicine substitution landscape has changed over recent years. The latest changes include the introduction of incentive payments by the government to community pharmacists to dispense generic medicines instead of more expensive brand equivalents. Generic dispensing imposes additional time constraints on pharmacists in terms of patient counselling requirements. Substitutio...

In Japan the prevalence of dementia has increased considerably, and pharmacists are involved in addressing these patients' medication-related problems. Here, we determined whether pharmacists' comprehensive assessment of medication profiles could reduce the burden of dementia patients' medication-related problems. In this historical cohort study 120 community pharmacies were randomly selected, ...

BACKGROUND Community pharmacists are in a key position to provide information on drugs and thus promote the rational use of drugs. OBJECTIVES The present study was designed to determine the needs and resources of drug information in community pharmacies. METHODS A prospective institution based cross-sectional study was carried out and data were collected on 48 community pharmacists in Gonda...

Heart failure is associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality, resulting in substantial health-care costs. Clinical pharmacists have an opportunity to reduce health-care costs and improve disease management as patients transition from inpatient to outpatient care by leading interventions to develop patient care plans, educate patients and clinicians, prevent adverse drug reactions,...

BACKGROUND The profession of pharmacy has adopted a mandate to become more patient-centred; however, significant change in this direction has not been achieved. OBJECTIVE To characterize the personality traits of hospital pharmacists in one Canadian province, to provide insights into potential barriers to practice change. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of hospital pharmacists was conducte...