Medication management surrounding transitions of care: A qualitative assessment of community pharmacists' preferences (MEMO TOC).
Journal
Canadian pharmacists journal : CPJ = Revue des pharmaciens du Canada : RPC
ISSN: 1715-1635
Titre abrégé: Can Pharm J (Ott)
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101257110
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
entrez:
28
10
2020
pubmed:
29
10
2020
medline:
29
10
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Multiple medication changes during hospitalization increase the risk of errors upon discharge. Community pharmacists may face barriers to providing pharmaceutical care because of the lack of clinical information and communication from hospitals. Studies implementing handover to community pharmacists upon hospital discharge reported improved patient outcomes, but interventions were time-consuming. One-on-one interviews and a focus group were conducted to identify community pharmacists' barriers to providing care to patients recently discharged from hospital and to determine their preferences for hospital discharge prescriptions. Transcripts were qualitatively analyzed using an inductive semantic approach. Four one-on-one interviews and an 8-participant focus group were conducted. Participants described barriers to providing care to discharged patients, including lack of communication, incomplete prescriptions, and limited clinical information. Participants identified that the most valuable information to include comprised laboratory values, hospital contact information and annotation of medication changes. These items would improve their abilities to provide timely and high-quality pharmaceutical care. Our results were similar to prior literature identifying a lack of communication and clinical information as barriers to providing care to recently discharged patients. Unexpectedly, study participants did not rate medication indication as a strongly preferred information item. Hospital discharge prescriptions lack information, which makes it challenging for community pharmacists to provide pharmaceutical care. Discharge prescriptions should include additional clinical information.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Multiple medication changes during hospitalization increase the risk of errors upon discharge. Community pharmacists may face barriers to providing pharmaceutical care because of the lack of clinical information and communication from hospitals. Studies implementing handover to community pharmacists upon hospital discharge reported improved patient outcomes, but interventions were time-consuming.
METHODS
METHODS
One-on-one interviews and a focus group were conducted to identify community pharmacists' barriers to providing care to patients recently discharged from hospital and to determine their preferences for hospital discharge prescriptions. Transcripts were qualitatively analyzed using an inductive semantic approach.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Four one-on-one interviews and an 8-participant focus group were conducted. Participants described barriers to providing care to discharged patients, including lack of communication, incomplete prescriptions, and limited clinical information. Participants identified that the most valuable information to include comprised laboratory values, hospital contact information and annotation of medication changes. These items would improve their abilities to provide timely and high-quality pharmaceutical care.
INTERPRETATION
CONCLUSIONS
Our results were similar to prior literature identifying a lack of communication and clinical information as barriers to providing care to recently discharged patients. Unexpectedly, study participants did not rate medication indication as a strongly preferred information item.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Hospital discharge prescriptions lack information, which makes it challenging for community pharmacists to provide pharmaceutical care. Discharge prescriptions should include additional clinical information.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33110471
doi: 10.1177/1715163520947444
pii: 10.1177_1715163520947444
pmc: PMC7560558
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
301-307Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020.
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