Clinical and Organizational Impacts of Medical Ordering Settings on Patient Pathway and Community Pharmacy Dispensing Process: The Prospective ORDHOSPIVILLE Study

During the dispensing process of medical orders (MOs), community pharmacists (CPs) can manage drug-related problems (DRPs) by performing pharmacist interventions (PIs). There is little evidence that the PI rate is higher with MOs from hospitals (MOHs) than ambulatory (MOAs) settings, and their impac...

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Published inPharmacy Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 2
Main Authors Clarenne, Justine, Gravoulet, Julien, Chopard, Virginie, Rouge, Julia, Lestrille, Amélie, Dupuis, François, Aubert, Léa, Malblanc, Sophie, Barbe, Coralie, Slimano, Florian, Mongaret, Céline
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 23.12.2021
MDPI
Subjects
Chemical Sciences
clinical impact
community pharmacist
Drug stores
drug-related problems
hospital discharge
Internships
Life Sciences
organizational impact
Patients
pharmacist intervention
Pharmacists
Physics
Prescriptions
France
community pharmacist
pharmacist intervention
drug-related problems
clinical impact
organizational impact
hospital discharge
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Summary:During the dispensing process of medical orders (MOs), community pharmacists (CPs) can manage drug-related problems (DRPs) by performing pharmacist interventions (PIs). There is little evidence that the PI rate is higher with MOs from hospitals (MOHs) than ambulatory (MOAs) settings, and their impact on the patient and community pharmacy is unknown. The primary objective of this study was to compare the MOH and MOA PI rates. The secondary objective was to describe PIs and their clinical and organizational impacts on patient and community pharmacy workflow. A total of 120 CPs participated in a prospective study. Each CP included 10 MOH and 10 MOA between January and June 2020. DRP and PI description and clinical and organizational impacts between MOH and MOA were assessed and compared. We analyzed 2325 MOs. PIs were significantly more frequent in MOH than in MOA (9.7% versus 4.7%; < 0.001). The most reported PI was the difficulty of contacting hospital prescribers (n = 45; 52.2%). MOHs were associated with a longer dispensing process time and a greater impact on patient pathway and community pharmacy workflow than MOAs. Lack of communication between hospital and primary care settings partly explains the results. Implementation of clinical pharmacy activities at patient discharge could alleviate these impacts.
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ISSN:2226-4787
2226-4787
DOI:10.3390/pharmacy10010002