| Title |
Communicating medication changes to community pharmacy post-discharge: the good, the bad, and the improvements
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, June 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11096-013-9813-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rachel Urban, Evgenia Paloumpi, Nooresameen Rana, Julie Morgan |
| Abstract |
Communication between hospital and community pharmacists when a patient is discharged from hospital can improve the accuracy of medication reconciliation, thus preventing unintentional changes and ensuring continuity of supply. It allows problems to be resolved before a patient requires a further supply of medication post-discharge. Despite evidence demonstrating the benefits of sharing information, community pharmacists' willingness to receive information and advances in information technology (particularly electronic discharge medication summaries), there is little published evidence to indicate whether communication has improved over the last 15 years. This study aimed to explore community pharmacists' experience of information sharing by and with their local hospital and GP practices. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 7 | 64% |
| Unknown | 4 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 91% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 155 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 32 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 16% |
| Researcher | 15 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 14 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 9% |
| Other | 24 | 15% |
| Unknown | 35 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 47 | 30% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 36 | 23% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 14 | 9% |
| Unknown | 39 | 25% |
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