OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact of a dedicated specialist critical care pharmacist service on patient care at a UK critical care unit (CCU). METHODS Pharmacist intervention data was collected in two phases. Phase 1 was with the provision of a non-specialist pharmacist chart review service and Phase 2 was after the introduction of a specialist dedicated pharmacy service. Two CCUs with establ...

Purpose: To explore the influence of pharmacist factors on prescription decisions of physicians. Methods: A survey of literature was carried out across online databases and 12 relevant articles were identified. The influence of pharmacist factors on physician prescription decisions was identified in the articles. A conceptual model for investigating pharmacist factors that influence physicians’...

JCPH – Vol. 63, n 1 – janvier–février 2010 92 Some of you have heard me speak about “the pharmacist narcotic effect”. By this I mean that some physicians may be skeptical of the value of pharmacists, but when they finally have the opportunity to work closely with a clinical pharmacist and personally experience the value that this individual brings to the health care team, they become “addicted”...

The patient opened the package of suppositories and looked at the pharmacist with a puzzled expression. He took one of the suppositories in his hand as he spoke to the pharmacist in Spanish. The pharmacist answered in English, “I don’t understand Spanish” and pointed to his mouth, “Can you speak any English?” The patient saw the pharmacist’s gesture, smiled, nodded, and placed the capsule in hi...

introduction: pharmacists and pharmaceutical services are among the most important resources and programs in providing health for a society. pharmacists as the key players in presenting health services, greatly impact on the health of a society and if they suffer low job satisfaction, their dissatisfaction may relatively threaten health in a society. this study was conducted to determine irania...

OBJECTIVES To quantify patients' preferences for new pharmacist independent prescribing services in general practice for managing common existing long-term conditions compared with usual medical prescribing. METHODS A discrete choice experiment cross-sectional survey was conducted in five general practices in England (October-November 2009). Four service attributes reported on the length of c...

Community pharmacies in Japan have long been advocated as effective sources of nonprescription medicines and health-related advice. Consumers sometimes self-treat symptoms of minor illnesses without consulting a pharmacist because the benefits of such consultations are not adequately recognized. The aim of this study was to investigate the use and impact of pharmacist consultations before purch...

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...

The reimbursement model for pharmaceutical care remains a barrier to successful widespread implementation of pharmacist-provided services. In some instances, community pharmacists have been successful in obtaining direct compensation for services from patients; however, evidence suggests that lack of patient demand for pharmacist-services may ultimately undermine the campaign for widespread thi...

Honeybee, a small -although powerful- creature moves from one place to another to make an elixir, which cures different diseases. To make one kilogram of honey the small creature has to carry 150000 pieces of pollen and suck the sap of ten million flowers. Both honey and the honeybee poison have been used in treating diseases for thousands of years. The product made by such tiny creatures has b...