Practice spotlight: staff development and practice evaluation pharmacist.

Stakeholder experiences with general practice pharmacist services: a qualitative study

OBJECTIVES To explore general practice staff, pharmacist and patient experiences with pharmacist services in Australian general practice clinics within the Pharmacists in Practice Study. DESIGN Qualitative study. SETTING Two general practice clinics in Melbourne, Australia, in which pharmacists provided medication reviews, patient and staff education, medicines information and quality assur...

Practice spotlight: drug safety pharmacist.

Practice spotlight: emergency department pharmacist who makes house calls.

An exploration of the role of pharmacists within general practice clinics: the protocol for the pharmacists in practice study (PIPS)

BACKGROUND Medication-related problems are a serious concern in Australian primary care. Pharmacist interventions have been shown to be effective in identifying and resolving these problems. Collaborative general practitioner-pharmacist services currently available in Australia are limited and underused. Limitations include geographical isolation of pharmacists and lack of communication and acc...

Practice spotlight: a telepharmacy model of care for hospitals.

Weeneebayko General Hospital in Moose Factory, Ontario, is a 30-bed acute care hospital that serves the 9000 residents living on the James Bay coast of Ontario. Most of the population consists of Native Canadians living in 6 communities, 4 of which are accessible only by plane or by boat. Traditionally, the hospital pharmacy was to be staffed with one full-time hospital pharmacist. There are al...