BACKGROUND A series of state-level statute changes have allowed pharmacists to provide influenza vaccinations in community pharmacies. The study aim was to estimate the effects of pharmacy-based immunization statutes changes on per capita influenza vaccine prescriptions, adult vaccination rates, and the utilization of other preventive health services. METHODS A quasi-experimental study that c...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of comparative performance feedback to community pharmacists on provision of professional services and the quality of patients' medication use. DESIGN Randomised, controlled, single-blind trial. SETTING All 1833 community pharmacies in the Quebec province, Canada. PARTICIPANTS 1814 pharmacies not opting out and with more than 5 dispensings of the target me...

PURPOSE The development and implementation of a systemwide specialty pharmacy program in an academic healthcare system are described. SUMMARY Although the system's pharmacy department had developed specialty pharmacy services for patients with certain conditions, it was necessary to expand and standardize those services to meet the needs of all specialty clinics because (1) many of the clinic...

DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT Integrated Services how well do they work in practice? S. Fonn , Women's Health Project, Dept of Community Health, University of Witwatersrand Transformation in health services in Tshepo and Kopano Districts, Free State C. Baez , Initiative for Sub-District Support, Health Systems Trust Research into Action: The experience of district health teams in the Eastern Cape J. Irl...

Purpose: To explore the perceptions’ of dispensers regarding dispensing practices and the salient factors affecting dispensing practices in three major cities of Pakistan Islamabad, Peshawar and Lahore. Methods: A qualitative study with snowball sampling technique was used to identify fifteen dispensers working in community pharmacies in Islamabad, Peshawar and Lahore. Semi-structured interview...