Improving rural hospital clinical pharmacy services through workforce innovation with ward‐based pharmacy technicians

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Euna Hwang ◽  
Amelia P. Withers ◽  
Lachlan Andrew Neil Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Pharmacy ◽  
Rural Hospital ◽  
Pharmacy Services ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy Services ◽  
Pharmacy Technicians ◽  
Workforce Innovation

Primary care pharmacy technicians: Effect on pharmacist workload and patient access to clinical pharmacy services

2020 ◽  
Vol 77 (Supplement_4) ◽  
pp. S93-S99
Author(s):  
Dmitry Walker ◽  
Katherine J Hartkopf ◽  
David R Hager
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy ◽  
Relative Increase ◽  
Relative Reduction ◽  
Pharmacy Services ◽  
Patient Access ◽  
Pharmacy Technician ◽  
Work Sampling ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy Services ◽  
Pharmacy Technicians

Abstract Purpose Improve patient access to clinical pharmacy services and decrease pharmacist technical task workload in primary care (PC) clinics. Summary Due to concerns with the amount of technical tasks performed by University of Wisconsin Health PC clinical pharmacists negatively impacting their capacity to care for patients and perform clinical tasks, the pharmacy department piloted a new PC pharmacy technician role that involved completion of technical tasks previously performed by PC pharmacists. PC pharmacist daily technical and clinical activities were identified through shadowing and quantified by a 4-week period of work sampling. A PC pharmacist workgroup determined the technical tasks that would be appropriate for a pharmacy technician to complete and developed the technician workflows. A PC pharmacy technician was implemented during a 3-week pilot, when pharmacist daily technical and clinical activities were quantified through work sampling. Following implementation, a 52.7% (P < 0.001) relative reduction and a 10.2% (P < 0.001) relative increase in pharmacist technical and clinical activities, respectively, were identified. Additionally, a 10% relative increase from the previous 3-month average was observed in the PC pharmacist rolling patient panel size during the pilot period, correlating with an increase of patient access to pharmacist clinical services. Conclusion Up to 17% of PC pharmacist daily activities are technical tasks. Leveraging pharmacy technicians to support pharmacists with completion of these tasks increases patient access to clinical pharmacy services but requires additional staff resources.

Pharmacy Technicians and Computer Technology to Support Clinical Pharmacy Services

1993 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 929-934
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Miller ◽  
Barbara J. Zarowitz ◽  
Antonio Petitta ◽  
David B. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Computer Technology ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy ◽  
Pharmacy Services ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy Services ◽  
Pharmacy Technicians

Access to clinical pharmacy services in a pharmacist-physician covisit model

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Park Ulrich ◽  
Brunilda Lugo ◽  
Phillip Hughes ◽  
Lorna Doucette ◽  
Bianca B. Creith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Pharmacy ◽  
Pharmacy Services ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy Services

Diabetes: The Impact of Clinical Pharmacy Services Integrated into Medical Homes on Diabetes-Related Clinical Outcomes

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 1877-1886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen A Johnson ◽  
Steven Chen ◽  
I-Ning Cheng ◽  
Mimi Lou ◽  
Paul Gregerson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Outcomes ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy ◽  
Pharmacy Services ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy Services ◽  
Medical Homes ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Ensuring consistent reporting of clinical pharmacy services to enhance reproducibility in practice: an improved version of DEPICT

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 584-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inajara Rotta ◽  
Teresa M. Salgado ◽  
Daniel C. Felix ◽  
Thais T. Souza ◽  
Cassyano J. Correr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Pharmacy ◽  
Pharmacy Services ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy Services
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