OBJECTIVE A core feature of e-prescribing is the electronic exchange of prescription data between physician practices and pharmacies, which can potentially improve the efficiency of the prescribing process and reduce medication errors. Barriers to implementing this feature exist, but they are not well understood. This study's objectives were to explore recent physician practice and pharmacy exp...

OBJECTIVE To review the international body of literature from 2010 to 2015 concerning methods of economic evaluations used in hospital- and community-based studies of pharmacy services in publicly funded health systems worldwide, their clinical outcomes, and economic effectiveness. DATA SOURCES The literature search was undertaken between May 2, 2015, and September 4, 2015. Keywords included ...

OBJECTIVE To assess patients' attitudes towards the community pharmacist's role and determine their negative and positive reactions towards community pharmacists in Lebanon. METHODS A cross-sectional study, conducted between January and April 2016, was designed to assess the general public satisfaction with the services provided by the community pharmacies. It was carried out, using a proport...

Ginger Lemay, PharmD, CDOE  CommunIty pharmaCIStS are often the first point of contact for patients with health-related and medication questions. The 2007 Wilson Rx Pharmacy Customer Satisfaction Survey reports that the average pharmacy customer visits their pharmacy an average of two to three times per month, which is greater than ten times the number of times they visit their primary care ph...

background: the principles of pharmaceutical care are embedded in the concept of good pharmacy practice (gpp). gpp is poorly applied in community pharmacies not only in asian countries, but even in united states and europe. the present study was undertaken to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of the community pharmacists in iran, regarding gpp. methods: a total of 794 pharmacists we...

PURPOSE In Pakistan, courses in pharmacy practice, which are an essential component of the PharmD curriculum, were launched with the aim of strengthening pharmacy practice overall and enabling pharmacy students to cope with the challenges involved in meeting real-world healthcare needs. Since very little research has assessed the efficacy of such courses, we aimed to evaluate students' percepti...

BACKGROUND Health literacy is the ability to obtain, interpret and use health information. Low rates of health literacy in Australia have been suggested, but no validated measure exists. OBJECTIVE To explore health literacy competencies in a sample of community pharmacy consumers. DESIGN Structured interviews were undertaken by a team of researchers during August, 2009. The instrument was d...

This study was designed to investigate and to evaluate pharmacists in the United Arab Emirates-Fujairah-DibbaSharjah-Abu Dhabi. The study is concerned with how pharmacists deal with prescriptions (OTC-Ethical) and their behavior with their patients in comparison to standards. Objectives: The study’s objective is to evaluate current pharmacists, who deal with a large number of patients and affec...

All Portuguese community pharmacies have a compounding laboratory and minimum equipment for the preparation of nonsterile (traditional) compounded medicines, but a few community pharmacies specialize in compounding. At Farmácia Lordelo, the most frequently dispensed compounded medicines are oral liquids for pediatrics and multi-drug, semi-solid preparations for dermatology patients. The majorit...

OBJECTIVE To explore the views of community pharmacists in the North West of England towards the deregulation of emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) and to examine their support and training needs. DESIGN Two focus group discussions. SUBJECTS Fourteen community pharmacists, of whom eight were currently participating in a scheme to supply EHC free of charge through a patient group directi...