PURPOSE Pharmacist interventions to enhance blood pressure (BP) control and adherence to antihypertensive therapy in adults with essential hypertension were reviewed. METHODS A literature search was conducted to identify relevant articles describing pharmacist interventions intended to improve adherence to antihypertensive medications. Studies were included if they described a pharmacist inte...

PURPOSE The pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, safety, and dosing of medications used during the pretreatment and paralysis with induction steps of rapid-sequence intubation (RSI) and the role of the pharmacist in RSI are reviewed. SUMMARY RSI is a process involving the administration of a sedative induction agent and a paralytic agent to facilitate endotracheal intubation. This is a procedure i...

PURPOSE The impact of remote pharmacist review of medication orders in three small community hospitals in California was evaluated. METHODS A longitudinal study was conducted in three community hospitals without 24-hour pharmacy services before and after the implementation of telepharmacy services. Override reports from automated dispensing cabinets were reviewed. Charts were reviewed for err...

BACKGROUND Traditional systems of managing repeat prescribing have been criticised for their lack of clinical and administrative controls. AIM To compare a community pharmacist-managed repeat prescribing system with established methods of managing repeat prescribing. METHOD A randomised controlled intervention study (19 general medical practices, 3074 patients, 62 community pharmacists). Pa...

To investigate general public perception towards the role of pharmacist in developing countries' healthcare system was the main aim of this study, which would be the basic foundation for researching the treatment pattern of cognitive disorder after stroke in communities. The study population (sample size = 385) consisted of general public from Islamabad, Faisalabad and Lahore, Pakistan. Main se...

Introduction: Drug-related problems (DRPs) are frequent in hospitalization where multiple changes in patient’s medication regimens and lack of continuity of care may be accompanied. Objectives: To assess clinical pharmacist intervention on the drug related problems in medicine ward of tertiary care hospital. Method: It was a prospective, observational and interventional study carried over a per...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of pharmacist care on patients with dyslipidemia. DESIGN Systematic review of 21 randomized controlled trials. PATIENTS A total of 5416 patients who received enhanced pharmacist care or standard care as part of a research study. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Nineteen databases and four trial registries were systematically searched from inception thro...

AIM To determine the general population willingness to pay for cognitive pharmacist service in community pharmacy, describe the behavior of participants regarding health care issues, and evaluate correlation between participants' sociodemographic characteristics or attitudes and their willingness to pay. METHODS A questionnaire-based survey was conducted among general population visiting comm...

BACKGROUND The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) directed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement a hospital readmissions reduction program that reduces payments to hospitals for excess readmissions that began in October 2012. As such, hospitals across the country have been trying to identify and implement successful strategies for reducing hospitalizations. ...