Patients with a future diagnosis of diabetes have higher drug use and costs: an analysis of community pharmacy data

10.4081/2446 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra De Coster ◽  
Gert Laekeman ◽  
Jan Lenie ◽  
Véronique Hayen ◽  
Steven Simoens
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Pharmacy Data

scholarly journals Patients with a future diagnosis of diabetes have higher drug use and costs: an analysis of community pharmacy data

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra De Coster ◽  
Gert Laekeman ◽  
Jan Lenie ◽  
Véronique Hayen ◽  
Steven Simoens
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Pharmacy Data

COUNSELLING ACTIVITIES OF DRUG USE IN 58 COMMUNITY PHARMACIES AT HUE CITY

2017 ◽  
pp. 75-80
Author(s):  
Quoc Duong Doan ◽  
Thi Ha Vo
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Community Pharmacies ◽  
Cough Headache ◽  
Rational Drug ◽  
Question Survey

Background: Community pharmacists play an important role in counseling of rational drug use for population. The study aimed to characterize counselling activities of drug use and demand of counselling tools at some community pharmacies at Hue City. Materials and method: A 17-question survey were asked to fill pharmacy staffs of a convenient sample of 100 community pharmacies at Hue City from 2/2017 to 7/2017. Results: There were 58 pharmacies (58.0%) answered this survey. Cough, headache, fever, high blood pressure and diabetes were the most popular symptoms/diseases presented in pharmacies. Patients often need counselling about dose (82.8%) and when to take medicine (79.3%). The main bariers for counselling were a lack of time (53.4%), and of skills/medthods for counseling (31.7%). About 96.6% pharmacies demanded counselling tools and favorite formats were book (32.9%) or pocket handbook (29.3%). Conclusion: Most pharmacies demanded counselling tools. Other studies should be conducted to develop supporting tools for counseling and to assess the quality of counseling in pharmacies. Key words: community pharmacy, counseling of drug use, pharmacist, Hue

scholarly journals Reducing Inappropriate Drug Use in Older Patients by Use of Clinical Decision Support in Community Pharmacy: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation

Drugs & Aging ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda G. M. Mulder-Wildemors ◽  
Mette Heringa ◽  
Annemieke Floor-Schreudering ◽  
Paul A. F. Jansen ◽  
Marcel L. Bouvy
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Clinical Decision Support ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Inappropriate Drug ◽  
Mixed Methods Evaluation ◽  
Inappropriate Drug Use

Comparison of questionnaire information and pharmacy data on drug use

1991 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piet A. Van den Brandt ◽  
Hans Petri ◽  
Elisabeth Dorant ◽  
R. Alexandra Goldbohm ◽  
Sacha Van de Crommert
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Pharmacy Data

scholarly journals Strategy to Improve Efficiency of Comprehensive Medication Reviews in a Community Pharmacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 194-202
Author(s):  
Diana Ching ◽  
Hussein El-Khatib ◽  
Anthony J. Pattin
Keyword(s):  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Support Staff ◽  
Rank Tests ◽  
Signed Rank ◽  
Before And After ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
Medication Reviews ◽  
Secondary Objective ◽  
Pharmacy Data

Background: Comprehensive medication reviews (CMRs) provide opportunities for pharmacists to perform clinical services to their patients. However, pharmacists are often not able to perform CMRs due to time constraints. Studies have shown that incorporating support staff into the CMR workflow may lead to increases in the completion of CMRs. Objective: The primary objective was to examine the change in the number of CMRs completed at the pharmacy after a new strategy was implemented to perform and prepare for CMRs. The secondary objective was to examine the changes in the revenue generated from CMRs. Methods: This study was a pre-post retrospective, observational study performed at an independent pharmacy. Data were collected and analyzed 10 months before and after implementation of a new strategy. The new strategy called for pharmacy interns to use a template for working up patients prior to CMRs. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests were run on IBM SPSS, Version 24.0, to determine the significance of the changes. Results that generated P values <.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: The total number of CMRs completed increased from 29 before the intervention to 158 after the intervention ( P = .009). The revenue generated from CMRs improved statistically ( P = .007). Conclusions: Implementing a strategic workflow that uses pharmacy interns and a patient workup template can significantly increase the number of CMRs completed in a community pharmacy. Appropriate delegation of such tasks may allow more time for pharmacists to deliver more CMRs. Additional benefits include increased compensation from delivering more CMRs.

scholarly journals Cardiovascular drug use prior to diagnosis of diabetes: A pilot study in community pharmacy

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Simoens ◽  
Sandra Coster ◽  
Marleen Dethier ◽  
Jan Lenie ◽  
Paul Meuwissen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Cardiovascular Drug

DIRECT OBSERVATION OF COUNSELING ACTIVITIES OF OTC DRUGS IN COMMUNITY PHARMACIES AT HUE CITY&NBSP

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 58-64
Author(s):  
Ha Vo Thi ◽  
Quynh Le Thi
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Community Pharmacies ◽  
Pharmacy Staff ◽  
Disease Symptoms ◽  
Otc Drugs ◽  
Drug Counseling

Background: This study aimed to characterize counseling activities of drug use at community pharmacies at Hue City. Methods: researchers observed directly customers buying OTC drugs during 63 hours in 21 pharmacies. Results: Of 269 interactions between pharmacy staff and customers, 61.0% of cases received counseling. Pharmacists asked question about whom the drugs were bought for (52.4%), disease symptoms (63.4%). Pharmacists counseled on drug indications (51.2%), dosage and duration of drug use (61.0%). In about one-fifth of cases, pharmacists asked questions to confirm patients’ comprehension. About 37.2% cases were counseled by pharmacists with a-2-year degree and 42.1% were advised by college pharmacists with a-3-year degree. Only 0.6% lasted more than 5 minutes. Conclusions: Drug counseling activities in community pharmacies were still limited in term of quantity and quality of interactions between pharmacists and patients. Key words: pharmacists; community pharmacy; counseling; OTC drugs; Hue city

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