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- Shawn P Griffin

PurposeThe time to complete oncology pharmacist tasks is needed to determine workload and productivity. The Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) and the Hematology/Oncology Practice and Research Network (PRN) of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) partnered with the aim of establishing consensus on the time required to complete oncology pharmacy [...]

- Dongmei Meng

CONCLUSIONS: The modified Delphi method resulted in consensus recommendations for the perioperative physician-pharmacist airway co-management. We hope this consensus will prevent pulmonary complications and improve patient outcomes through collaborative discussions between physicians and pharmacists. [...]

- Xianlin Li

CONCLUSION: SMPOP service enhances prescription appropriateness, reduces ADRs, shortens stays, and lowers costs, underscoring the need for continuous innovation in healthcare. [...]

- Rand Hussein

CONCLUSION: CBE improved pharmacists' knowledge of POCT but showed a limited effect on pharmacist intention or behaviour. The study highlighted that knowledge alone does not influence behaviour change. Factors such as organizational support, adequate reimbursement, and expanded practice scope (e.g., prescribing) are critical to enhance POCT implementation. [...]

- Carly Gabriel

CONCLUSION: Implementation of a procedure for labeling encounter reason allowed for more robust characterization of pharmacist services using congruent data across pharmacist practices. This approach may be useful for pharmacist practices with limited analytics resources for more sophisticated service metrics and dashboards. [...]

- Gayle L Flo

CONCLUSIONS: During hospitalization, there was no group difference in the primary outcome of high-intensity statin therapy. Feasibility of an effective pharmacist-initiated intervention for improvement of lipid management was demonstrated by entry of recommendations in the discharge summary and related adjustment in outpatient statin therapy. The main opportunity for future improvement [...]

- Merton Lee

Background In the United States, pharmacist-administered immunization is associated with increased rates of vaccination. But older adults may reside in long-term care settings not served by the community pharmacies associated with immunization gains. This descriptive summary of the Advancing Pharmacist Immunization Initiative (APII) presents an overview of our efforts to [...]

- Alexander C Fanaroff

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: In these 2 cluster randomized clinical trials, visit-based interruptive alerts were not associated with a significant increase in statin prescribing compared with usual care, whereas a strategy of asynchronous semiautomated referral for pharmacist comanagement was associated with a substantial increase. This strategy of asynchronous semiautomated referrals for [...]

- Yomna Elghanam

CONCLUSION: Pharmacist involvement significantly increases vaccination rates, with their role as immunizers having a particularly pronounced effect. Expanding the roles of pharmacists in vaccination services, primarily in developing countries, could improve global vaccination coverage and help address vaccine hesitancy. [...]

- Jason Srey

CONCLUSION: Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir was appropriately prescribed by pharmacists in most cases, demonstrating that pharmacists can support safe and effective use of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir for patients with complex comorbidities and medication regimens. [...]

- Chandrashekhar Mallikarjun Patil

Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are prevalent in India, affecting approximately 11.3% of the population. India leads globally in lung disease mortality, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, contributing significantly to disability-adjusted life years and mortality rates. The role of clinical pharmacist interventions (CPIs) in optimizing antibiotic use and managing [...]

- Ashley E Smith

Background: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, many clinical practices shifted to using virtual platforms to care for patients. After in-person visits resumed, many patients continued to participate in virtual care. Objective: This study evaluated the impact of hybrid care (virtual and in-person visits) on diabetes control in patients [...]

- Ibtihal I Makki

Background: Palliative care (PC) patients are at high risk of polypharmacy, thereby imposing a substantial burden on patients, including increased pill burden, adverse drug events, and falls. PC pharmacists play a critical role in deprescribing and aligning medications with goals of care for this population, but few studies demonstrate deprescribing [...]

- Sofia Shrestha

CONCLUSIONS: Pegvaliase effectively reduced phenylalanine levels in PKU patients, though carried significant risks of anaphylaxis and other adverse events. A pharmacist-led program and interdisciplinary collaboration was crucial for prompt access and effective management. [...]

- Alyssa M Castillo

Objectives: Sleep in the hospital is often disrupted by modifiable factors. When addressing poor sleep in the hospital, non-pharmacologic strategies should be utilized initially; however, pharmacologic therapies are often prescribed first. The objective of this initiative was to determine if pharmacist-led initiation of a sleep promotion order set improved quality [...]

- James Thurston

Objective: The development of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has allowed for improved glycemic control among patients with diabetes. Clinical pharmacists possess medication expertise and can provide support for increased CGM utilization through device education and affordability assistance, but there is limited evidence evaluating the effectiveness of clinical pharmacist-assisted CGM initiation. [...]

- Rajeev Shrestha

BackgroundOpioid therapy is a critical component in managing pain in palliative care, where pharmacists' specialised expertise is crucial in ensuring quality care for patients. This systematic review aims to document available evidence on pharmacist interventions and their impact on optimising opioid therapy for pain management in palliative care patients.MethodsWe searched [...]

- Mitsuaki Ishii

CONCLUSIONS: Community pharmacists with higher levels of assertive self-expression were more likely to experience community pharmacist-led deprescribing. [...]

- Danielle Kieck

CONCLUSION: This study describes a potential strategy to incorporate the PeCP into a required didactic course. This expands students' exposure to digital health, which is supported by the Accreditation Council of Pharmacy Education Standards 2025. Furthermore, it provides the students' knowledge and skills to serve as change agents in community [...]

- Quinlan D Alfredson

CONCLUSION: The pharmacy consult service effectively supported PCPs in managing pediatric mental health conditions with a high acceptance of recommendations, demonstrating its value in enhancing medication regimen efficacy, safety, and adherence. [...]

- Kristel Miller

CONCLUSIONS: Ambulatory care pharmacists can effectively optimize GLP-1 RAs to improve clinical outcomes, meet quality-based metrics, and reduce prescriber burden. [...]

- Aniqa Batool

CONCLUSION: Clinical pharmacists' involvement in pediatric cardiac care significantly reduces medication errors in LMICs, as demonstrated by this study. These findings underscore the need to integrate clinical pharmacists into multidisciplinary teams to enhance medication safety and improve patient outcomes. [...]

- Shoroq M Altawalbeh

CONCLUSIONS: Delivering a supplemented medication reconciliation service by a clinical pharmacist for patients with CKD is cost beneficial from the healthcare perspective in Jordan, an example of a low- and middle-income country. This finding further confirms the pivotal role of clinical pharmacists in multidisciplinary healthcare teams. [...]

- Ahmed A A Omer

CONCLUSION: This review revealed that pharmacist-led patient education was particularly effective in cases of VKAs, while the outcomes in cases of DOACs were modest. Moreover, while the role of pharmacists in patient education on VKAs has been widely studied, limited research has focused on the effect of pharmacist-led education on [...]

- Saleh H Almutairi

Background Medication errors can be categorized into five main categories: prescribing, compounding, dispensing, distribution, and administration. Prescribing errors, including wrong indication, dose, frequency, and route of administration, are the most prevalent preventable medication errors. Over the past decades, pharmacists' role in minimizing such errors has grown with the development of [...]

- Adis Keric

Purpose: One option recommended by expert guidelines for prompt reversal of anticoagulation-induced hemorrhage is four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (4F-PCC). Pharmacist presence has been shown to reduce order entry to administration and door-to-needle (DTN) times. However, how pharmacist preparation of 4F-PCC at the bedside in the Emergency Department (ED) can affect [...]

- Pamela Hernandez Bustamante

Introduction: Using long-acting injectable (LAI) medications increases treatment adherence and promotes positive outcomes for patients with substance use disorders (SUD). Despite documented benefits that LAI medications can have over their oral counterparts, they continue to be underused. With the expansion of pharmacists' scope of practice for medication administration services, there [...]

- Joo Hanne Poulsen Revell

CONCLUSION: High levels of satisfaction with the outcomes of the medication reviews-particularly regarding quality, patient safety, and their overall positive impact on the ward-indicate that both patients and HCPs perceived the service as highly valuable in supporting patient care throughout the medication process. [...]

- Danielle Raymer

CONCLUSIONS: Pharmacist-led statin initiation is effective; however, systematic barriers remain to improve statin quality performance. These results can help others adopt innovative practices that target statin care gaps and assess opportunities for quality improvement. [...]

- Francisca Johanna van den Oever

CONCLUSION: Low-quality data with high risk of bias suggest that pharmacist-managed renal anaemia may improve the percentage of haemoglobin within target range and reduce the ESA dose. However, meta-analysis was impossible due to substantial heterogeneity. Therefore, no definite conclusions could be drawn on the effectiveness of pharmacist-managed dosing of ESA [...]

- Keaton S Smetana

Introduction: Clinical pharmacists bring unparalleled medication expertise, but quantifying their impact on a health system's bottom line remains unestablished. Objective: To classify interventions by pharmacists with and without board certification and quantify the cost avoidance (CA) from accepted interventions. Methods: This multicenter prospective observational study, conducted between August 2018 and [...]

- Nicole E Cieri-Hutcherson

CONCLUSION: Pharmacist-administered injectable contraception appears to be beneficial, accessible, and convenient for patients while aligning with pharmacists' capabilities and professional roles. Barriers should be addressed when considering implementation. Future research should aim to broaden the evidence-based research across different regions and explore long-term outcomes. [...]

- Anna Sandalidis

CONCLUSION: Expanded CDTM law enables qualified pharmacists to play a pivotal role in influencing population health outcomes. With a CDTM agreement, pharmacists can overcome barriers to initiating statins for eligible individuals and thereby directly impact star ratings. [...]

- Ranim Fares

CONCLUSION: Pharmacy services provided by community pharmacists can lead to an improvement in clinical and behavioral outcomes. While there is some evidence indicating benefits in economic and humanistic outcomes, this evidence is less consistent and should be interpreted cautiously. This umbrella review highlights the importance of further research to strengthen [...]

- Lauren Anthony

Background: Asthma is one of the most common pediatric disease states. However, current literature about outpatient pharmacy appointment effectiveness on pediatric asthma control is not widely available. Objective: To determine whether outpatient pharmacist visits in pediatric patients with asthma result in a measurable difference in asthma control, utilizing the validated [...]

- Eric Linn

CONCLUSION: Pharmacists, in collaboration with multiple physician specialties, successfully implemented an outpatient penicillin allergy testing service to safely de-label patients and support antimicrobial stewardship. [...]

- Phanutgorn Techa-Angkoon

CONCLUSION: Our findings demonstrated that pharmacist-physician collaboration service in the PD clinic positively impacted patient outcomes. [...]

- Clare Kinahan

CONCLUSIONS: General practice pharmacist-led person-centred medicines reviews for patients with hyperpolypharmacy and/or at high risk of medicines-related harm delivered substantial improvements in medicines appropriateness and patient-reported outcomes, thus providing evidence to support their wider implementation. [...]

- Majed Al Shakhori

CONCLUSION: The study underscores the critical role of pharmacists in psychiatric care, with high physician acceptance of their interventions. The diverse range of DRPs highlights the need to expand clinical pharmacy services and integrate pharmacists into psychiatric teams. Our findings clearly demonstrate that integrating pharmacists into psychiatric care settings is [...]

- Ganesh Sritheran Paneerselvam

CONCLUSION: Pharmacist-led medication reviews were effective in resolving DRPs and improving clinical outcomes in HD patients, such as quality of life and lab values. However, their impact on healthcare utilisation and mortality remains inconclusive. Further research with longer follow-up is needed to assess the long-term economic outcomes of these interventions. [...]

- Tracy A Lieu

CONCLUSIONS: Pharmacist care and physician care for patient e-visits for COVID-19 medication both yielded high quality of care, with no significant group differences. Evaluation of pharmacist care may be warranted for other e-visits designed to facilitate medication prescribing. [...]

- Sheikh Rubana Hossain

CONCLUSIONS: The cluster RCT will provide evidence on medication management through televisits. If found effective in improving the use of medications, the intervention has the potential to impact older adults with multiple chronic conditions and polypharmacy. [...]

- Hailong Li

CONCLUSIONS: The pharmacist-led intervention reduced the proportion of patients receiving SUP in the ICUs, without significantly affecting the proportion of patients with overt gastrointestinal bleeding. These findings will help guide ICU medical decision-making. [...]

- Pauline Boachie-Ansah

Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (HDPs) are a leading cause of poor maternal and birth outcomes worldwide. Prompt management of these disorders is usually recommended to optimize outcomes. Administration of pharmacotherapeutic agents is critical in the prevention and management of these disorders. The services of the pharmacist are required to maximize [...]

- Emma L Veale

CONCLUSION: Data collected with respect to opioid use post-surgery, feasibility and acceptability of the intervention, patient experience and outcome data will inform the design of future research and larger clinical trials. [...]

- Shannon Carboni

CONCLUSION AND RELEVANCE: This evaluation suggests pharmacist-led TOC discharge services may lead to hospital readmission reduction in a socially complex managed Medicaid population in a safety-net hospital setting. [...]

- Jamila Abou

CONCLUSION: Increased awareness and ability of community pharmacists to deprescribe medication and use of general practitioners' data, led community pharmacists and general practitioners to successfully conduct a more deprescribing-focused CMR in daily practice. Further research is needed to assess the necessity of additional training to optimize the deprescribing of cardiovascular [...]

- Victoria Nachar

CONCLUSION: Standardized OAA tools can inform and support quality improvement initiatives and improve the care of patients receiving OAAs. [...]

- João Rafael Gonçalves

Multimorbidity and polypharmacy are prevalent among Long-Term Care (LTC) users. Older people, who most use LTC services, are more prone to drug-related problems, which polypharmacy aggravates. Deprescribing is a key intervention to address polypharmacy and inappropriate medication. Evidence shows that pharmacists' expertise in medicines and their growing involvement in clinical-oriented [...]

- Ali Hassan

CONCLUSION: Antimicrobial stewardship programmes are critical for any institution's proper health care system. It ensures proper antibiotic outflow to patients, thereby improving their health status. The role of pharmacists in establishing an AMS in a hospital setting is a highly commendable activity that enhances healthcare collaboration and outcomes. Clinical pharmacists [...]

- Nur Burcu Kutluay

CONCLUSION: Pharmaceutical care services provided to diabetes patients had positive effects on disease prognosis, knowledge levels and disease perceptions. Patients with HbA1c level higher than 9% had the greatest benefit from pharmacist interventions. [...]

- Alicia Christy

Digital health interventions have emerged as a promising approach for patient care. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of pharmacist-led digital health interventions for patients with diabetes. The PubMed database was used to select randomized controlled trials that assess the effectiveness of digital health interventions [...]

- Elizabeth Koselke

CONCLUSIONS: Incorporating an oncology clinical pharmacist into the clinical research team was associated with improved clinical trial enrollment. Validation of the effect of multidisciplinary interventions across a broader spectrum of differentially resourced oncology practices will be conducted within future MYLUNG iterations. [...]

- Carissa Joelle Ganihong

CONCLUSION: This study identified the pharmacist's role in supportive care management and reports the successful integration of a clinical pharmacist into a breast cancer clinic. Future directions include conducting prospective studies to further explore the impact of the clinical pharmacist on treatment outcomes. [...]

- Blain Thayer

Background/Objectives: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can cause cases of community-acquired pneumonia, hospital-acquired pneumonia, and ventilator-associated pneumonia, and nasal colonization with this pathogen increases the risk of infection. Due to its high negative predictive value, multiple studies support using the MRSA nasal polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to discontinue antimicrobials that [...]

- Alaa M Alfaraheed

CONCLUSION: Clinical pharmacy interventions significantly enhance medication adherence and improve patient achievement of target BP goals in TRH patients. Incorporating clinical pharmacy services into routine care can lead to better health management and increased patient QoL. Further research is needed to explore long-term benefits and cost-effectiveness. [...]

- Matej Stuhec

CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that this approach led to fewer DRPs, a high rate of acceptance, and better adherence to treatment guidelines. This is the first retrospective pre-post study in the European Union to include this collaboration in daily rounds at psychiatric hospitals, focusing on somatic comorbidities. However, the study [...]

- Jessica Dillon

CONCLUSION: The results suggest implementing a pharmacist driven MRSA nasal surveillance program into practice could increase the number of MRSA nasal swabs ordered and promote timely de-escalation of vancomycin in patients with pneumonia. [...]

- Ding-Cheng Liu

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is commonly treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). However, adverse events from such treatment can lead to treatment discontinuation and additional medical expenditures. Ambulatory care from oncology pharmacists in patient education and symptom management can benefit patients with NSCLC. In this study, we evaluated the [...]

- Natasha Virrueta

CONCLUSIONS: The University of Colorado Medicine's population health initiative provided mixed results on medication adherence metrics. Electronic health record messaging provided insight into ways to improve the intervention to better engage and assist patients. [...]

- Nicha Tantipinichwong

The unintended consequences of polypharmacy pose significant risks to older adults. The complexities of managing numerous medications from multiple prescribers demand a comprehensive approach to mitigate harms. Pharmacist-led clinics have been shown to improve outcomes in patients with diabetes and hypertension. Pharmacist-led clinics focused on broader issues of polypharmacy have [...]

- Daniel Grossman

Policies that increase contraceptive access for young women and their partners are a potentially low-cost way of reducing unintended pregnancies and improving later life outcomes. Several states have recently implemented laws that allow pharmacists to prescribe contraceptives to women without the need to see a physician. We study the effect [...]

- Rie Sato

(1) Background: In general, it is known that continuity of care can contribute to an increase in patient satisfaction, reduce health care costs, and improve patient outcomes. A guarantee of continuity in pharmacotherapy is a big challenge facing Japanese health care as a system that encourages cooperation/collaboration for pharmacists with [...]

- Kaitlyn Kui

CONCLUSIONS: A community pharmacist-linked cessation program in homeless shelters was associated with reduced consumption and increased weekly quit attempts, highlighting its potential for scalability among people experiencing homelessness with high rates of co-occurring behavioral health conditions. [...]

- Melissa A Jeghers

Purpose: Emergency response teams are designed to promptly deliver care to hospitalized patients experiencing acute decompensation events. Pharmacists are an integrated part of emergency response teams and their presence at emergency response events has been shown to improve adherence to institutional and advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) guidelines. This study [...]

- Lingjiao Wang

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: This randomized clinical trial found a modest improvement in medication adherence among patients with CHF who received the pharmacist-led management intervention vs usual care. [...]

- Slavka Porubcova

CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that pharmacist-led interventions significantly reduce drug-related problems in vascular surgery patients during hospitalisation, contributing to patient safety and clinical outcomes. [...]

- Ghader Mohammadnezhad

CONCLUSION: The current study showed the critical role of clinical pharmacists in training patients about medications and improving adherence to their pharmacotherapy. [...]

- Hironori Fujii

Adverse events (AEs) induced by cancer chemotherapy reduce not only patient quality of life (QOL) but also the efficacy of treatment. Management of AEs can therefore improve both the efficacy and safety of cancer chemotherapy. This review describes the contribution of pharmacists to the management of adverse events aimed at [...]

- Linda Zheng

CONCLUSION: Pharmacist-led medication reconciliation at discharge may prevent harm from reaching patients, decrease cost from unnecessary health encounters, and stop the error from continuing across transitions of care. [...]

- Zunaira Akbar

CONCLUSION: Pharmacist-led AFS has the potential to enhance the effectiveness of antifungal treatments by improving their overall quality, reduction in consumption, and adverse events. The healthcare system should encourage multidisciplinary collaboration where pharmacists play a central role in decision-making processes regarding antifungal use. [...]

- Stella Caroline Schenidt Bispo da Silva

CONCLUSIONS: The pharmacist-led ASP model showed an increase in adherence to the care bundle between the two study periods, with reduced probability of a negative outcome. Furthermore, risk factors for S. aureus bacteraemia were identified that may inform management and contribute to better patient outcomes in the paediatric population. [...]

- Noor Cahaya

CONCLUSIONS: The Si-Care intervention significantly improved medication adherence among people with schizophrenia, contributing to the maintenance of stable symptoms. Pharmacist-led home interventions provide valuable support to address adherence challenges and should be considered a critical component in schizophrenia care. Future studies should consider a more rigorous design, a larger sample [...]

- Iglecias Fm

CONCLUSION: Community pharmacists have an impact on improving self-care behaviors among patients with cardiovascular diseases. Community pharmacists, through their proactive involvement and tailored care approaches, are identified as key agents in chronic disease management, empowering patients towards healthier outcomes in the face of ongoing health challenges. [...]

- Justine Clarenne

CONCLUSION: Many PIs have positive clinical, economic and organizational impacts, which highlights the added value of pharmacists in patient safety and positive impacts on health care teams. The pertinence of PIs can now be assessed by the CLEO© tool with a broader focus than prescribers' acceptance. [...]

- Mariam M Basheti

CONCLUSION: The outcomes of this review highlight a current gap in insomnia management practices carried out by pharmacists and provide evidence for expanded roles and improved care provision when pharmacists are upskilled with specialized training/education. [...]

- Grace M Conroy

Background: Traditional Post-Intensive Care Recovery Clinics (PIRCs) often exclude neurocritical care patients. In 2020, a multidisciplinary team started Post Neuro Intensive Care Virtual Clinic (PREVAIL) that uses telemedicine to provide consultative care for patients with a primary neurologic injury who are at risk for post-intensive care syndrome. During clinic, critical [...]

- Keri Mack

CONCLUSION: Utilization of pharmacy residents and student pharmacists within the pharmacist-led CCM program resulted in a positive ROI, even in a small private practice. The ROI from monthly CCM codes alone was also positive, demonstrating sustainability of profits from the CCM program. Preceptors and schools of pharmacy should evaluate opportunities [...]

- Susan E Smith

CONCLUSION: MRC-ICU displayed a weakly positive correlation with pharmacist workload, suggesting its potential use in identifying patients likely to benefit from pharmacist intervention. [...]

- James K Y Hooi

CONCLUSIONS: Evaluations and delabelling by pharmacists (vs allergists) were comparably effective and safe among patients with low-risk penicillin allergy. Moreover, patients evaluated by pharmacists even reported significantly greater improvements in HR-QoL, highlighting the potential of multidisciplinary allergy initiatives. [...]

- Ana-Maria Diaz

CONCLUSION: Utilizing a TOC pharmacy service may be associated with a reduction in all-cause 30-day readmission rates for patients with COPD. [...]

- Yasutaka Shinoda

CONCLUSIONS: Pharmacist-led aminoglycoside stewardship significantly improved the appropriate use of aminoglycosides and decreased the associated costs. Thus, pharmacist involvement is essential for the proper use of aminoglycosides. However, many patients required aminoglycoside dose reductions despite the pharmacist's guideline-based dosing design. Therefore, further accumulation of information on the management of aminoglycoside [...]

- Sunil Shrestha

CONCLUSION: Findings of this RCT demonstrate that integrating clinical pharmacists into the MDT team in low low-resource setting is feasible and shows promise in improving QoL, reducing anxiety and depression, and enhancing medication adherence among cancer patients. These findings support the feasibility of conducting a full-scale RCT. Enabling clinical pharmacists [...]

- Nada Boudegzdame

Medication review is a collaborative process between pharmacists and general practitioners (GPs) aimed at optimizing patient care by identifying and eliminating harmful medications. This paper proposes a collaborative platform to enhance pharmacist-GP interactions, assess drug-drug interactions, evaluate adverse effects, and manage dosages. The platform uses the issue mapping function of [...]

- Hwayoung Ahn

CONCLUSION: These quantitative findings highlight the importance of pharmacist-led interventions and suggest a framework for future programs about medication management. [...]

- Tatianna N Pollak

Background:Patients are at risk of experiencing medication errors during each transition of care (TOC), which can result in adverse drug events and readmissions. Implementing a pharmacist-led TOC service can optimize medication safety and patient outcomes by identifying and correcting medication discrepancies prior to hospital discharge. A pharmacist-led TOC service at [...]

- Karissa Chow

Purpose: While intravenous (IV) iron repletion is an effective tool to treat anemia and improve outcomes in chronic kidney disease (CKD), guideline laboratory definitions of iron deficiency differ, resulting in variability in screening and repletion strategies. This study sought to describe current practices surrounding identification and treatment of iron deficiency [...]

- Safaa Alshihab

CONCLUSION: The implementation of pharmacist-led anticoagulation services in primary care settings was identified as both feasible and essential for improving patient outcomes. The insights from this study can inform future initiatives aimed at enhancing anticoagulation management in primary care settings. [...]

- Beate Hennie Garcia

CONCLUSION: The IMMENSE intervention significantly reduced the risk of PIMs at discharge, with no effect on PPOs. Living in nursing homes, home care facilities, or institutions prior to hospitalization increased the risk of PPOs at discharge. Pharmacists may contribute to improved medication appropriateness in older hospitalized patients. [...]

- Salvador Gutiérrez-Igual

CONCLUSION: The impact of pharmacist-led interventions in rural pharmacies allowed the detection of a high number of drug-related issues and significantly reduced the number of DRPs and PIPs, preventing negative health outcomes. [...]

- Daniel Sykora

CONCLUSIONS: In this retrospective cohort study, a pharmacist-led MTM program was associated with favorable guideline-directed medical therapy optimization and lower risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis with HF. [...]

- Vrinda Nampoothiri

CONCLUSION: Existing evidence demonstrates the positive impact of pharmacists' involvement in AMS. There needs to be a concerted effort in facilitating pharmacist roles in AMS across all countries, irrespective of income setting. [...]

- Amy Grant

CONCLUSION: Pharmacist prescribing has increased significantly over a short period of time. Environmental supports (e.g., time, space, access to patient records), government funding, peer support, and public awareness are needed to optimize and fully implement these practice changes. [...]

- Maja Jošt

CONCLUSION: The study emphasizes the importance of addressing discrepancies made by patients after hospital discharge, which can result in potentially harmful outcomes. It also shows that a pharmacist-led hospital intervention can significantly reduce discrepancies in the early post-discharge period. These findings can guide the development of future services to improve [...]

- Selina Taylor

CONCLUSIONS: Consumers were supportive of pharmacists working to their full scope of practice to provide expanded services, whereas pharmacists, while open to the idea, highlighted that there were barriers to overcome. [...]

- Betül Özgan

CONCLUSION: This study highlights the high incidence of DRPs and malnutrition risk in ICU patients with renal dysfunction, emphasizing the vital role of clinical pharmacists. Their collaboration with healthcare professionals significantly reduced both DRPs and NRPs. [...]

- Ann Marie Heise

As the landscape of psychiatry evolves, psychiatric clinical pharmacists are positioned to use their expertise to enhance the quality of care on inpatient child and adolescent units. By playing key roles in comprehensive medication management, psychotropic stewardship, transitions of care, and educational initiatives, they can help not only interdisciplinary teams [...]

Pharmacist & Outcomes – Open Acess (Free PDF)
- Shawn P Griffin

PurposeThe time to complete oncology pharmacist tasks is needed to determine workload and productivity. The Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) and the Hematology/Oncology Practice and Research Network (PRN) of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) partnered with the aim of establishing consensus on the time required to complete oncology pharmacy [...]

- Xianlin Li

CONCLUSION: SMPOP service enhances prescription appropriateness, reduces ADRs, shortens stays, and lowers costs, underscoring the need for continuous innovation in healthcare. [...]

- Rand Hussein

CONCLUSION: CBE improved pharmacists' knowledge of POCT but showed a limited effect on pharmacist intention or behaviour. The study highlighted that knowledge alone does not influence behaviour change. Factors such as organizational support, adequate reimbursement, and expanded practice scope (e.g., prescribing) are critical to enhance POCT implementation. [...]

- Gayle L Flo

CONCLUSIONS: During hospitalization, there was no group difference in the primary outcome of high-intensity statin therapy. Feasibility of an effective pharmacist-initiated intervention for improvement of lipid management was demonstrated by entry of recommendations in the discharge summary and related adjustment in outpatient statin therapy. The main opportunity for future improvement [...]

- Chandrashekhar Mallikarjun Patil

Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are prevalent in India, affecting approximately 11.3% of the population. India leads globally in lung disease mortality, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, contributing significantly to disability-adjusted life years and mortality rates. The role of clinical pharmacist interventions (CPIs) in optimizing antibiotic use and managing [...]

- Ashley E Smith

Background: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, many clinical practices shifted to using virtual platforms to care for patients. After in-person visits resumed, many patients continued to participate in virtual care. Objective: This study evaluated the impact of hybrid care (virtual and in-person visits) on diabetes control in patients [...]

- Alyssa M Castillo

Objectives: Sleep in the hospital is often disrupted by modifiable factors. When addressing poor sleep in the hospital, non-pharmacologic strategies should be utilized initially; however, pharmacologic therapies are often prescribed first. The objective of this initiative was to determine if pharmacist-led initiation of a sleep promotion order set improved quality [...]

- Mitsuaki Ishii

CONCLUSIONS: Community pharmacists with higher levels of assertive self-expression were more likely to experience community pharmacist-led deprescribing. [...]

- Aniqa Batool

CONCLUSION: Clinical pharmacists' involvement in pediatric cardiac care significantly reduces medication errors in LMICs, as demonstrated by this study. These findings underscore the need to integrate clinical pharmacists into multidisciplinary teams to enhance medication safety and improve patient outcomes. [...]

- Shoroq M Altawalbeh

CONCLUSIONS: Delivering a supplemented medication reconciliation service by a clinical pharmacist for patients with CKD is cost beneficial from the healthcare perspective in Jordan, an example of a low- and middle-income country. This finding further confirms the pivotal role of clinical pharmacists in multidisciplinary healthcare teams. [...]

- Ahmed A A Omer

CONCLUSION: This review revealed that pharmacist-led patient education was particularly effective in cases of VKAs, while the outcomes in cases of DOACs were modest. Moreover, while the role of pharmacists in patient education on VKAs has been widely studied, limited research has focused on the effect of pharmacist-led education on [...]

- Saleh H Almutairi

Background Medication errors can be categorized into five main categories: prescribing, compounding, dispensing, distribution, and administration. Prescribing errors, including wrong indication, dose, frequency, and route of administration, are the most prevalent preventable medication errors. Over the past decades, pharmacists' role in minimizing such errors has grown with the development of [...]

- Adis Keric

Purpose: One option recommended by expert guidelines for prompt reversal of anticoagulation-induced hemorrhage is four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (4F-PCC). Pharmacist presence has been shown to reduce order entry to administration and door-to-needle (DTN) times. However, how pharmacist preparation of 4F-PCC at the bedside in the Emergency Department (ED) can affect [...]

- Pamela Hernandez Bustamante

Introduction: Using long-acting injectable (LAI) medications increases treatment adherence and promotes positive outcomes for patients with substance use disorders (SUD). Despite documented benefits that LAI medications can have over their oral counterparts, they continue to be underused. With the expansion of pharmacists' scope of practice for medication administration services, there [...]

- Keaton S Smetana

Introduction: Clinical pharmacists bring unparalleled medication expertise, but quantifying their impact on a health system's bottom line remains unestablished. Objective: To classify interventions by pharmacists with and without board certification and quantify the cost avoidance (CA) from accepted interventions. Methods: This multicenter prospective observational study, conducted between August 2018 and [...]

- Majed Al Shakhori

CONCLUSION: The study underscores the critical role of pharmacists in psychiatric care, with high physician acceptance of their interventions. The diverse range of DRPs highlights the need to expand clinical pharmacy services and integrate pharmacists into psychiatric teams. Our findings clearly demonstrate that integrating pharmacists into psychiatric care settings is [...]

- Ganesh Sritheran Paneerselvam

CONCLUSION: Pharmacist-led medication reviews were effective in resolving DRPs and improving clinical outcomes in HD patients, such as quality of life and lab values. However, their impact on healthcare utilisation and mortality remains inconclusive. Further research with longer follow-up is needed to assess the long-term economic outcomes of these interventions. [...]

- Tracy A Lieu

CONCLUSIONS: Pharmacist care and physician care for patient e-visits for COVID-19 medication both yielded high quality of care, with no significant group differences. Evaluation of pharmacist care may be warranted for other e-visits designed to facilitate medication prescribing. [...]

- Sheikh Rubana Hossain

CONCLUSIONS: The cluster RCT will provide evidence on medication management through televisits. If found effective in improving the use of medications, the intervention has the potential to impact older adults with multiple chronic conditions and polypharmacy. [...]

- Hailong Li

CONCLUSIONS: The pharmacist-led intervention reduced the proportion of patients receiving SUP in the ICUs, without significantly affecting the proportion of patients with overt gastrointestinal bleeding. These findings will help guide ICU medical decision-making. [...]

- Pauline Boachie-Ansah

Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (HDPs) are a leading cause of poor maternal and birth outcomes worldwide. Prompt management of these disorders is usually recommended to optimize outcomes. Administration of pharmacotherapeutic agents is critical in the prevention and management of these disorders. The services of the pharmacist are required to maximize [...]

- Emma L Veale

CONCLUSION: Data collected with respect to opioid use post-surgery, feasibility and acceptability of the intervention, patient experience and outcome data will inform the design of future research and larger clinical trials. [...]

- João Rafael Gonçalves

Multimorbidity and polypharmacy are prevalent among Long-Term Care (LTC) users. Older people, who most use LTC services, are more prone to drug-related problems, which polypharmacy aggravates. Deprescribing is a key intervention to address polypharmacy and inappropriate medication. Evidence shows that pharmacists' expertise in medicines and their growing involvement in clinical-oriented [...]

- Nur Burcu Kutluay

CONCLUSION: Pharmaceutical care services provided to diabetes patients had positive effects on disease prognosis, knowledge levels and disease perceptions. Patients with HbA1c level higher than 9% had the greatest benefit from pharmacist interventions. [...]

- Ali Hassan

CONCLUSION: Antimicrobial stewardship programmes are critical for any institution's proper health care system. It ensures proper antibiotic outflow to patients, thereby improving their health status. The role of pharmacists in establishing an AMS in a hospital setting is a highly commendable activity that enhances healthcare collaboration and outcomes. Clinical pharmacists [...]

- Alicia Christy

Digital health interventions have emerged as a promising approach for patient care. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of pharmacist-led digital health interventions for patients with diabetes. The PubMed database was used to select randomized controlled trials that assess the effectiveness of digital health interventions [...]

- Elizabeth Koselke

CONCLUSIONS: Incorporating an oncology clinical pharmacist into the clinical research team was associated with improved clinical trial enrollment. Validation of the effect of multidisciplinary interventions across a broader spectrum of differentially resourced oncology practices will be conducted within future MYLUNG iterations. [...]

- Carissa Joelle Ganihong

CONCLUSION: This study identified the pharmacist's role in supportive care management and reports the successful integration of a clinical pharmacist into a breast cancer clinic. Future directions include conducting prospective studies to further explore the impact of the clinical pharmacist on treatment outcomes. [...]

- Blain Thayer

Background/Objectives: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can cause cases of community-acquired pneumonia, hospital-acquired pneumonia, and ventilator-associated pneumonia, and nasal colonization with this pathogen increases the risk of infection. Due to its high negative predictive value, multiple studies support using the MRSA nasal polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to discontinue antimicrobials that [...]

- Jessica Dillon

CONCLUSION: The results suggest implementing a pharmacist driven MRSA nasal surveillance program into practice could increase the number of MRSA nasal swabs ordered and promote timely de-escalation of vancomycin in patients with pneumonia. [...]

- Matej Stuhec

CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that this approach led to fewer DRPs, a high rate of acceptance, and better adherence to treatment guidelines. This is the first retrospective pre-post study in the European Union to include this collaboration in daily rounds at psychiatric hospitals, focusing on somatic comorbidities. However, the study [...]

- Ding-Cheng Liu

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is commonly treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). However, adverse events from such treatment can lead to treatment discontinuation and additional medical expenditures. Ambulatory care from oncology pharmacists in patient education and symptom management can benefit patients with NSCLC. In this study, we evaluated the [...]

- Natasha Virrueta

CONCLUSIONS: The University of Colorado Medicine's population health initiative provided mixed results on medication adherence metrics. Electronic health record messaging provided insight into ways to improve the intervention to better engage and assist patients. [...]

- Nicha Tantipinichwong

The unintended consequences of polypharmacy pose significant risks to older adults. The complexities of managing numerous medications from multiple prescribers demand a comprehensive approach to mitigate harms. Pharmacist-led clinics have been shown to improve outcomes in patients with diabetes and hypertension. Pharmacist-led clinics focused on broader issues of polypharmacy have [...]

- Rie Sato

(1) Background: In general, it is known that continuity of care can contribute to an increase in patient satisfaction, reduce health care costs, and improve patient outcomes. A guarantee of continuity in pharmacotherapy is a big challenge facing Japanese health care as a system that encourages cooperation/collaboration for pharmacists with [...]

- Kaitlyn Kui

CONCLUSIONS: A community pharmacist-linked cessation program in homeless shelters was associated with reduced consumption and increased weekly quit attempts, highlighting its potential for scalability among people experiencing homelessness with high rates of co-occurring behavioral health conditions. [...]

- Lingjiao Wang

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: This randomized clinical trial found a modest improvement in medication adherence among patients with CHF who received the pharmacist-led management intervention vs usual care. [...]

- Ghader Mohammadnezhad

CONCLUSION: The current study showed the critical role of clinical pharmacists in training patients about medications and improving adherence to their pharmacotherapy. [...]

- Hironori Fujii

Adverse events (AEs) induced by cancer chemotherapy reduce not only patient quality of life (QOL) but also the efficacy of treatment. Management of AEs can therefore improve both the efficacy and safety of cancer chemotherapy. This review describes the contribution of pharmacists to the management of adverse events aimed at [...]

- Slavka Porubcova

CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that pharmacist-led interventions significantly reduce drug-related problems in vascular surgery patients during hospitalisation, contributing to patient safety and clinical outcomes. [...]

- Zunaira Akbar

CONCLUSION: Pharmacist-led AFS has the potential to enhance the effectiveness of antifungal treatments by improving their overall quality, reduction in consumption, and adverse events. The healthcare system should encourage multidisciplinary collaboration where pharmacists play a central role in decision-making processes regarding antifungal use. [...]

- Stella Caroline Schenidt Bispo da Silva

CONCLUSIONS: The pharmacist-led ASP model showed an increase in adherence to the care bundle between the two study periods, with reduced probability of a negative outcome. Furthermore, risk factors for S. aureus bacteraemia were identified that may inform management and contribute to better patient outcomes in the paediatric population. [...]

- Noor Cahaya

CONCLUSIONS: The Si-Care intervention significantly improved medication adherence among people with schizophrenia, contributing to the maintenance of stable symptoms. Pharmacist-led home interventions provide valuable support to address adherence challenges and should be considered a critical component in schizophrenia care. Future studies should consider a more rigorous design, a larger sample [...]

- James K Y Hooi

CONCLUSIONS: Evaluations and delabelling by pharmacists (vs allergists) were comparably effective and safe among patients with low-risk penicillin allergy. Moreover, patients evaluated by pharmacists even reported significantly greater improvements in HR-QoL, highlighting the potential of multidisciplinary allergy initiatives. [...]

- Ana-Maria Diaz

CONCLUSION: Utilizing a TOC pharmacy service may be associated with a reduction in all-cause 30-day readmission rates for patients with COPD. [...]

- Yasutaka Shinoda

CONCLUSIONS: Pharmacist-led aminoglycoside stewardship significantly improved the appropriate use of aminoglycosides and decreased the associated costs. Thus, pharmacist involvement is essential for the proper use of aminoglycosides. However, many patients required aminoglycoside dose reductions despite the pharmacist's guideline-based dosing design. Therefore, further accumulation of information on the management of aminoglycoside [...]

- Hwayoung Ahn

CONCLUSION: These quantitative findings highlight the importance of pharmacist-led interventions and suggest a framework for future programs about medication management. [...]

- Tatianna N Pollak

Background:Patients are at risk of experiencing medication errors during each transition of care (TOC), which can result in adverse drug events and readmissions. Implementing a pharmacist-led TOC service can optimize medication safety and patient outcomes by identifying and correcting medication discrepancies prior to hospital discharge. A pharmacist-led TOC service at [...]

- Karissa Chow

Purpose: While intravenous (IV) iron repletion is an effective tool to treat anemia and improve outcomes in chronic kidney disease (CKD), guideline laboratory definitions of iron deficiency differ, resulting in variability in screening and repletion strategies. This study sought to describe current practices surrounding identification and treatment of iron deficiency [...]

- Safaa Alshihab

CONCLUSION: The implementation of pharmacist-led anticoagulation services in primary care settings was identified as both feasible and essential for improving patient outcomes. The insights from this study can inform future initiatives aimed at enhancing anticoagulation management in primary care settings. [...]

- Beate Hennie Garcia

CONCLUSION: The IMMENSE intervention significantly reduced the risk of PIMs at discharge, with no effect on PPOs. Living in nursing homes, home care facilities, or institutions prior to hospitalization increased the risk of PPOs at discharge. Pharmacists may contribute to improved medication appropriateness in older hospitalized patients. [...]

- Salvador Gutiérrez-Igual

CONCLUSION: The impact of pharmacist-led interventions in rural pharmacies allowed the detection of a high number of drug-related issues and significantly reduced the number of DRPs and PIPs, preventing negative health outcomes. [...]

- Daniel Sykora

CONCLUSIONS: In this retrospective cohort study, a pharmacist-led MTM program was associated with favorable guideline-directed medical therapy optimization and lower risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis with HF. [...]

- Vrinda Nampoothiri

CONCLUSION: Existing evidence demonstrates the positive impact of pharmacists' involvement in AMS. There needs to be a concerted effort in facilitating pharmacist roles in AMS across all countries, irrespective of income setting. [...]

- Amy Grant

CONCLUSION: Pharmacist prescribing has increased significantly over a short period of time. Environmental supports (e.g., time, space, access to patient records), government funding, peer support, and public awareness are needed to optimize and fully implement these practice changes. [...]

- Maja Jošt

CONCLUSION: The study emphasizes the importance of addressing discrepancies made by patients after hospital discharge, which can result in potentially harmful outcomes. It also shows that a pharmacist-led hospital intervention can significantly reduce discrepancies in the early post-discharge period. These findings can guide the development of future services to improve [...]

- Betül Özgan

CONCLUSION: This study highlights the high incidence of DRPs and malnutrition risk in ICU patients with renal dysfunction, emphasizing the vital role of clinical pharmacists. Their collaboration with healthcare professionals significantly reduced both DRPs and NRPs. [...]

- Eric Gillett

CONCLUSIONS: Following implementation of a pharmacist-driven AUC monitoring program, patients were less likely to develop nephrotoxicity during outpatient vancomycin therapy. [...]

- Olivia Ramey

BACKGROUND: Group education has demonstrated benefits among people with diabetes, including reduced A1C and improved self-monitoring practices. Despite this, attendance rates are low for a variety of reasons, including lack of understanding of potential benefits among patients. [...]

- Carrie Freed

Background: Although electronic consults (e-consults) are utilized in healthcare systems by medical professionals, use of e-consults by pharmacy remains novel outside of niche disease states. Additional research is required to fill literature gaps to assist in optimizing the pharmacist's role in e-consult programs. Objective: This study aimed to assess the [...]

- Cynthia A King

Purpose: Ambulatory care pharmacists (ACPs) on healthcare teams improve patient outcomes and can manage multiple chronic disease states. ACPs have demonstrated clinical benefit but need to prove financial sustainability. The primary objective of this study was to determine the cost-effectiveness of utilizing ACPs for diabetes mellitus (DM) management. Methods: This [...]

- Shabeer Ali Thorakkattil

Contemporary patient care requires a multidisciplinary approach to monitoring, assessing, and managing diseases. Promoting multidisciplinary approaches encourages the purposeful participation of many healthcare professionals and harnessing their combined knowledge to provide tailored treatment plans. Pharmacists, skilled and knowledgeable professionals in medication management, drug-related problems, and disease prevention, can offer vital [...]

- Muhammad Rehan Sarwar

CONCLUSION: HMRs targeting TTs improved health outcomes in people with COPD. Credentialed pharmacists in primary care can work alongside general practitioners to optimise COPD management. [...]

- Hazem Elrefaei

CONCLUSIONS: The pharmacist-driven weekend AMS is an opportunity for pharmacists to intervene and optimize patients' care plans. This initiative demonstrated significant increased AMS-related interventions, promoted judicious antimicrobial use, and contributed to a reduced length of hospital stay. Our findings need to be replicated in a larger prospective study. [...]

- Dulce D Blanco-Vega

In Mexico, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a serious public health concern. As experts in drug therapy, pharmacists are essential additions to multidisciplinary diabetes patient care teams. There have been no systematic reviews or meta-analyses performed on pharmacist-led interventions (PIs) in Mexico; therefore, the impact of PIs on patients [...]

- Charles Worrall

CONCLUSION: This clinical pharmacist-driven service leveraged technology and patient connection to increase medication adherence in patients with chronic disease states and led to improvement in select disease control measures and substantial health care cost savings. [...]

- Cristina García

Background: Frailty and polymedication are closely interrelated. Addressing these concurrent conditions in primary care settings relies on the utilization of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) lists and medication reviews (MRs), particularly in rural areas, where healthcare professionals serve as the sole point of access to the medical system. The aim of [...]

- Jessica Kulawiak

CONCLUSIONS: Implementing a pharmacist discharge medication service requires consideration of -pharmacist time and salary, which may be offset by cost-avoidance. [...]

- Angela M Stover

CONCLUSION: By presenting screenshots of our SmartForm©, our findings are useful to other healthcare systems looking for a PROM solution integrated in the EHR, with a reasonable pharmacist/clinician workload, and no requirement for patients to have internet access/comfort. [...]

- Sara Sommer Holst

CONCLUSION: A new feasible, complex MR intervention utilising clinical pharmacists in general practice involving hospital clinical pharmacists in a real-life setting was developed. [...]

- Gayle Campbell

CONCLUSION: HF pharmacists can optimise patients' HF and non-HF medical therapy typically within 3 months. By reviewing all prescribed medications, HF pharmacists provide a holistic review of all medications. They can play a vital role in addressing the underutilisation of HF medical therapy and thereby improving patient outcomes. [...]

- Arthur Piraux

BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infections are common affections, especially for women. Difficult access to a general practitioner to obtain a prescription has led France to offer dispensing under protocol by community pharmacists. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a pharmacist care protocol provided to manage [...]

- Marwan El-Deyarbi

CONCLUSIONS: The pharmacy intervention protocol effectively improved medication adherence and optimised medication regimens in diabetic patients with chronic medication regimens in an ambulatory healthcare centre. [...]

- Sofa D Alfian

CONCLUSION: The systematic review identified limited literature on pharmacist-led interventions for unused and expired household medication disposal practices, with no observed significant effects. Active patient and pharmacist engagement were required to enhance the effectiveness of interventions. Furthermore, the included limited studies suggested the need for the development of more pharmacist-led [...]

- Rebecca Henry

BACKGROUND: The benefit of generalist pharmacists working within primary care networks (PCNs) and with general practitioners (GPs) is established. We wished to evaluate the contributions and potential benefits of a specialist mental health care prescribing pharmacist within PCNs. [...]

- Safaa Alshihab

CONCLUSIONS: Broad support exists for pharmacist-led anticoagulation clinics in primary care, though additional pharmacist training and accountability concerns need to be addressed for successful implementation. [...]

- Geoffrey D Barnes

CONCLUSIONS: Early adoption of the DOAC population management tool dashboard was associated with decreased rates of off-label DOAC dosing prescription and reduced bleeding. Following adoption of the DOAC population management tool dashboard, all sites experienced reductions in venous thromboembolism and stroke events. [...]

- Miriam Craske

CONCLUSION: There is mixed evidence of effectiveness for medication reviews across settings and patient populations. There is limited data about the implementation of medication reviews, therefore is difficult to ascertain which components of the intervention lead to improved outcomes. As medication reviews are widely implemented in practice, further research should [...]

- Elmien Bronkhorst

CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates the magnitude of MEs experienced in hospitalised PLHIV and highlights the role clinical pharmacists play in identifying and resolving MEs to improve patient outcomes. [...]

- Darshana Meanger

CONCLUSION: A PETS-initiated NRT program in PAC is feasible and increased preoperative use of NRT and Quitline© with minimal impact on smoking cessation. SO WHAT?: This study has highlighted the importance of implementing a multidisciplinary smoking cessation program in PAC however, larger studies are needed to determine the true impact [...]

- Radiana Staynova

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in women worldwide and the fifth most common cause of cancer death overall. Most women with breast cancer have a good prognosis if the cancer is detected at an early stage and the patients have access to the appropriate treatment and [...]

- Jerika T Lam

CONCLUSION: Our study's findings demonstrated SVR rates that were comparable with other pharmacist-directed HCV treatment services in the United States despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study included a higher proportion of individuals with HCV/HIV co-infection and of Hispanic ethnicity. [...]

- Amjad Anwar

CONCLUSION: This study establishes the evaluation of clinical pharmacist interventions on opioid medication use in patients with cancer, an issue particularly in oncology settings in Pakistan. The findings emphasize the crucial role of clinical pharmacists in addressing issues related to opioid issue medications, thus improving patient safety and optimizing opioid [...]

- Jameez Ummer Mohammed

CONCLUSION: In conclusion, the study has shown the impact of pharmacist-led antihypertensive clinics in systolic BP control and achieving high patient satisfaction. The study generated insights into participant cooperation with pharmacist services and needs. More research on different outcomes is planned for future studies, including systematic pharmacotherapy work-up, patient medication [...]

- Emily C Nuttall

CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study suggest that remote pharmacist intervention significantly improves blood glucose control in adults with T2DM. [...]

- Fahmi Hassan

CONCLUSION: Diabetic patients attending at least four DMTAC sessions showed potential improvements in FBS levels. To enhance attendance at DMTAC sessions, healthcare professionals should focus on patients identified with risk factors for non-completion of DMTAC. [...]

- Eric Barat

This is a systematic literature review on the impact of pharmacists in rheumatology, conducted using the PubMed^(®), CINAHL^(®), Cochrane Library^(®), and Web of science^(®) databases and using the PRISMA 2020 checklist. This review was conducted from 2000 to June 2024. A quality analysis was performed. The selection of articles, as [...]

- Duncan Chambers

CONCLUSIONS: Pharmacist-led interventions have been reported to reduce overprescribing in primary care settings in the UK but a shortage of high-quality evidence means that more rigorous studies using high-quality designs are needed. More research is also needed in community pharmacy settings; to assess intervention effects on patient outcomes other than [...]

- Brittany L Parmentier

Reporting interventions thoroughly and consistently in the literature allows for study reproducibility or implementation of the intervention into practice. Although there is currently no standard for describing Board-Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist (BCPP) interventions in the published literature, there are multiple checklists or guides that have been developed for reporting clinical interventions, [...]

- Lina Naseralallah

CONCLUSION: Pharmacist-led interventions are effective at improving clinically important outcomes in the perioperative setting; however, most studies were of moderate quality. Studies lacked the utilization of theory to develop interventions; therefore, it is not clear whether theory-derived interventions are more effective than those without a theoretical element. Future research should [...]

- Marcello Pani

In this article the pivotal role of hospital pharmacists in the multidisciplinary management of epilepsy is discussed. Hospital pharmacists are members of national and local ethics committees, oversee clinical trials, and ensure adherence to regulations for patient access to novel therapeutic treatments. They actively contribute to regulatory processes and the [...]

- Azhar Hussain

Background This qualitative study aimed to collect information regarding pharmacists' roles in telepharmacy and chronic disease management (CDM). The literature review was conducted on historical overview, CDM overview, social determinants of health (SDOH), disparities, hospital readmissions, adverse drug events, best practices, and global implications of telepharmacy. Materials and methods Eleven [...]

- Roopinder K Sandhu

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: This randomized clinical trial found that pharmacist OAC prescription is a potentially high-yield opportunity to effectively close gaps in the delivery of stroke risk reduction therapy for AF. Scalability and sustainability of pharmacist OAC prescription will require larger trials demonstrating effectiveness and safety. [...]

- Hala Sacre

CONCLUSION: This study sheds light on the intricate dynamics between patient characteristics, health status, medication adherence, and QOL within the context of the patient-pharmacist relationships. [...]

- Belayneh Kefale

CONCLUSION: Pharmacist-led interventions demonstrated superior outcomes in optimizing AC therapy compared with usual care. Further research is needed to evaluate pharmacist-led interventions' cost-effectiveness and long-term sustainability. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42023487362. [...]

- Aashish Bhattarai

CONCLUSION: This study shows the potential efficacy of pharmacist-led intervention in enhancing adherence to inhaler, inhalation technique, and disease control in respiratory conditions such as asthma and COPD. [...]

- Eoin Hurley

CONCLUSION: Pharmacist-led application of STOPPFrail to frail older nursing home residents is associated with significant cost avoidance. Wider implementation of pharmacist interventions in frail older nursing home residents should be considered to reduce potentially inappropriate medications and patient harm, alongside substantial cost savings for healthcare systems. [...]