As community pharmacy services become more patient centered, they will be increasingly reliant on access to good quality patient information. This review describes how the information that is currently available in community pharmacies can be used to enhance service delivery and patient care. With integration of community pharmacy and medical practice records on the horizon, the opportunities t...

The aim of this study was to examine women's attitudes and health beliefs towards osteoporosis screening in a community pharmacy setting, utilizing the theoretical framework of Health Belief Model. A nonexperimental, cross-sectional research design, examining a convenience sample of women aged 18 and over, from several New York City senior care centers, a church, and a university campus in New ...

abstractthe present study aimed to evaluate pharmacy practice regarding dietary supplements in tehran (i.r. iran). so, the factors affecting on pharmacists' practice including their knowledge, attitude, and some underlying factors were evaluated. this is an observational knowledge; attitude and practice (kap) study. the unit of analysis include community pharmacies located in tehran. the d...

1 Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia. 2 Faculty of Pharmacy, Ajman University of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates. 3 Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Postgraduate Medicine, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. 4 Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, College of Clinical Phar...

BACKGROUND In Australia, the profession of pharmacy has undergone many changes to adapt to the needs of the community. In recent years, concerns have been raised with evidence emerging of workforce saturation in traditional pharmacy practice sectors. It is not known how current final year pharmacy students' perceive the different pharmacy career paths in this changing environment. Hence investi...

OBJECTIVES To assess Croatian community pharmacists' patient care competencies using the General Level Framework (GLF). METHODS The competencies of 100 community pharmacists working in 38 community pharmacies were evaluated using an adapted version of the GLF. RESULTS Pharmacists demonstrated the best performance in the competency areas drug specific issues and provision of drug products; t...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the knowledge, attitude and barriers of pharmacy technicians and pharmacists toward pharmacovigilance, adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and ADR reporting in community pharmacies in Yemen. METHODS This cross-sectional survey was conducted among community pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the capital of Yemen, Sana'a. A total of 289 community ph...

BACKGROUND New accreditation standards implemented in 2007 have required schools of pharmacy to evaluate their existing curricula. An issue frequently encountered is the limited amount of content in the pharmacy curriculum specific to managed care and the role and function of pharmacy benefit management companies (PBMs). OBJECTIVE To determine pharmacy student knowledge and opinions about man...

The recent growth in the number of pharmacy schools across the nation has resulted in the need for high-quality community advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) sites. A vital part of a student's education, these APPEs should be structured and formalized to provide an environment conducive to student learning. This paper discusses how to use a calendar, structured-learning activities, and...

OBJECTIVE To describe patients' perceived value and use of quality measures in evaluating and choosing community pharmacies. DESIGN Focus group methodology was combined with a survey tool. During the focus groups, participants assessed the value of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance's quality measures in evaluating and choosing a pharmacy. Also, participants completed questionnaires rating their p...