Self-medication practices are widely practiced globally as a major form of pain management self-care. Our study was undertaken with the objective evaluating self-medication in pharmacy by analgesic medicine within population casablanca. . This revealed that 68% investigated people requested self-medication, without medical prescription .The predominant age range 20-60, showed 65% used mainly pa...

The purpose of this article is to present research findings from a stream of research undertaken in the 1990s that address three questions: (i) Why are patient’s expectations and knowledge of counseling services provided by pharmacists important?, (ii) What do patients expect from pharmacists?, and (iii) How are patients’ expectations of pharmacist services formed? The results from this stream ...

In 2014, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health received federal funding to improve the prevention and control of hypertension in the population through team-based health care delivery models, such as pharmacist-led medication therapy management. To inform this work, the department conducted a 3-part needs assessment consisting of 1) a targeted context scan of regional policies and ...

Using a qualitative phenomenological approach, the purpose of this study was to examine characteristics of the pharmacist-diabetic patient relationship that have the potential to lead to behavioral changes and improved clinical outcomes. Bandura's self-efficacy model served as the theoretical framework. Interviews were conducted with 12 participants diagnosed with diabetes regarding their lived...

Background The last decade has seen a drive towards non-medical prescribing in the United Kingdom (UK). However, there is a dearth of any published literature on applying the principles of service redesign to support pharmacist prescribing in any sphere of practice. Objective To develop consensus guidance to facilitate service redesign around pharmacist prescribing. Setting UK hospital practice...

A randomized trial of a pharmacist-delivered intervention (PI) versus usual care (UC) was conducted; 689 subjects with known coronary heart disease were recruited from cardiac catheterization laboratories. Participants in the PI condition received 5 pharmacist-delivered telephone counseling calls post-hospital discharge. At one year, 65% in the PI condition and 60% in the UC condition achieved ...

IMPORTANCE Unlike warfarin, which requires routine laboratory testing and dose adjustment, target-specific oral anticoagulants like dabigatran do not. However, optimal follow-up infrastructure and modifiable site-level factors associated with improved adherence to dabigatran are unknown. OBJECTIVES To assess site-level variation in dabigatran adherence and to identify site-level practices ass...

T he Chronic Kidney Disease Program is a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic and outreach program at St Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The clinic opened in July 2001 with a vision to care for, educate, and support individuals and their families along the continuum of chronic kidney disease to achieve optimal outcomes. The clinic serves the northern half of the province and as of Se...

BACKGROUND While the home is the most common setting for the provision of palliative care in Australia, a common problem encountered here is the inability of patient/carers to manage medications, which can lead to misadventure and hospitalisation. This can be averted through detection and resolution of drug related problems (DRPs) by a pharmacist; however, they are rarely included as members of...

Older adults are demanding increased healthcare attention with regards to prescription use due in large part to highly complex medication regimens. As patients age, medications often have a more pronounced effect on older adults, negatively impacting patient safety and increasing healthcare costs. Comprehensive medication reviews (CMRs) optimize medications for elderly patients and help to avoi...