Rationale, aims, and objectives: Pharmaceutical care involves patient-centred pharmacist activity to improve medicines management by patients. The implementation of this service in a comprehensive manner, however, requires considerable organisation and effort, and indeed, it is often not fully implemented in care settings. The main objective was to assess how pharmaceutical care provision within community pharmacy has evolved over time in Europe.
Method: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey of community pharmacies, using a modified version of the Behavioural Pharmaceutical Care Scale (BPCS) was conducted in late 2012/early 2013 within 16 European countries and compared with an earlier assessment conducted in 2006.
Results: The provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical care has slightly improved in all European countries that participated in both editions of this survey (n = 8) with progress being made particularly in Denmark and Switzerland. Moreover, there was a wider co...untry uptake, indicating spread of the concept. However, due to a number of limitations, the results should be interpreted with caution. Using combined data from participating countries, the provision of pharmaceutical care was positively correlated with the participation of the community pharmacists in patient-centred activities, routine use of pharmacy software with access to clinical data, participation in multidisciplinary team meetings, and having specialized education.
Conclusions: The present study demonstrated a slight evolution in self-reported provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe, as measured by the BPCS. The slow progress suggests a range of barriers, which are preventing pharmacists moving beyond traditional roles. Support from professional bodies and more patient-centred community pharmacy contracts, including remuneration for pharmaceutical care services, are likely to be required if quicker progress is to be made in the future.
Keywords:
Europe / implementation / medication review / medicines use / pharmaceutical care / pharmacy services
Source:
Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 2017, 23, 6, 1336-1347
TY - JOUR
AU - Costa, Filipa Alves
AU - Scullin, Claire
AU - Al-Taani, Ghaith
AU - Hawwa, Ahmed F
AU - Anderson, Claire
AU - Bezverhni, Zinaida
AU - Binakaj, Zahida
AU - Cordina, Maria
AU - Foulon, Veerle
AU - Garcia de Bikuña, Borja
AU - de Gier, Han
AU - Gerd Granås, Anne
AU - Grinstova, Olga
AU - Griese-Mammen, Nina
AU - Grincevicius, Jonas
AU - Grinceviciene, Svitrigaile
AU - Kaae, Susanne
AU - Kubiliene, Loreta
AU - Mariño, Eduardo L
AU - Martins, Silvia
AU - Modamio, Pilar
AU - Nadin, Giancarlo
AU - Stig Nørgaard, Lotte
AU - Obarcanin, Emina
AU - Tadić, Ivana
AU - Tasić, Ljiljana
AU - McElnay, James C
AU - Hersberger, Kurt E
AU - Westerlund, Tommy
PY - 2017
UR - https://farfar.pharmacy.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4211
AB - Rationale, aims, and objectives: Pharmaceutical care involves patient-centred pharmacist activity to improve medicines management by patients. The implementation of this service in a comprehensive manner, however, requires considerable organisation and effort, and indeed, it is often not fully implemented in care settings. The main objective was to assess how pharmaceutical care provision within community pharmacy has evolved over time in Europe.
Method: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey of community pharmacies, using a modified version of the Behavioural Pharmaceutical Care Scale (BPCS) was conducted in late 2012/early 2013 within 16 European countries and compared with an earlier assessment conducted in 2006.
Results: The provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical care has slightly improved in all European countries that participated in both editions of this survey (n = 8) with progress being made particularly in Denmark and Switzerland. Moreover, there was a wider country uptake, indicating spread of the concept. However, due to a number of limitations, the results should be interpreted with caution. Using combined data from participating countries, the provision of pharmaceutical care was positively correlated with the participation of the community pharmacists in patient-centred activities, routine use of pharmacy software with access to clinical data, participation in multidisciplinary team meetings, and having specialized education.
Conclusions: The present study demonstrated a slight evolution in self-reported provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe, as measured by the BPCS. The slow progress suggests a range of barriers, which are preventing pharmacists moving beyond traditional roles. Support from professional bodies and more patient-centred community pharmacy contracts, including remuneration for pharmaceutical care services, are likely to be required if quicker progress is to be made in the future.
PB - Wiley
T2 - Journal of evaluation in clinical practice
T1 - Provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe: Is it developing and spreading?
VL - 23
IS - 6
SP - 1336
EP - 1347
DO - 10.1111/jep.12783
ER -
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abstract = "Rationale, aims, and objectives: Pharmaceutical care involves patient-centred pharmacist activity to improve medicines management by patients. The implementation of this service in a comprehensive manner, however, requires considerable organisation and effort, and indeed, it is often not fully implemented in care settings. The main objective was to assess how pharmaceutical care provision within community pharmacy has evolved over time in Europe.
Method: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey of community pharmacies, using a modified version of the Behavioural Pharmaceutical Care Scale (BPCS) was conducted in late 2012/early 2013 within 16 European countries and compared with an earlier assessment conducted in 2006.
Results: The provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical care has slightly improved in all European countries that participated in both editions of this survey (n = 8) with progress being made particularly in Denmark and Switzerland. Moreover, there was a wider country uptake, indicating spread of the concept. However, due to a number of limitations, the results should be interpreted with caution. Using combined data from participating countries, the provision of pharmaceutical care was positively correlated with the participation of the community pharmacists in patient-centred activities, routine use of pharmacy software with access to clinical data, participation in multidisciplinary team meetings, and having specialized education.
Conclusions: The present study demonstrated a slight evolution in self-reported provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe, as measured by the BPCS. The slow progress suggests a range of barriers, which are preventing pharmacists moving beyond traditional roles. Support from professional bodies and more patient-centred community pharmacy contracts, including remuneration for pharmaceutical care services, are likely to be required if quicker progress is to be made in the future.",
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Wiley., 23(6), 1336-1347.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.12783
Costa FA, Scullin C, Al-Taani G, Hawwa AF, Anderson C, Bezverhni Z, Binakaj Z, Cordina M, Foulon V, Garcia de Bikuña B, de Gier H, Gerd Granås A, Grinstova O, Griese-Mammen N, Grincevicius J, Grinceviciene S, Kaae S, Kubiliene L, Mariño EL, Martins S, Modamio P, Nadin G, Stig Nørgaard L, Obarcanin E, Tadić I, Tasić L, McElnay JC, Hersberger KE, Westerlund T. Provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe: Is it developing and spreading?. in Journal of evaluation in clinical practice. 2017;23(6):1336-1347.
doi:10.1111/jep.12783 .
Costa, Filipa Alves, Scullin, Claire, Al-Taani, Ghaith, Hawwa, Ahmed F, Anderson, Claire, Bezverhni, Zinaida, Binakaj, Zahida, Cordina, Maria, Foulon, Veerle, Garcia de Bikuña, Borja, de Gier, Han, Gerd Granås, Anne, Grinstova, Olga, Griese-Mammen, Nina, Grincevicius, Jonas, Grinceviciene, Svitrigaile, Kaae, Susanne, Kubiliene, Loreta, Mariño, Eduardo L, Martins, Silvia, Modamio, Pilar, Nadin, Giancarlo, Stig Nørgaard, Lotte, Obarcanin, Emina, Tadić, Ivana, Tasić, Ljiljana, McElnay, James C, Hersberger, Kurt E, Westerlund, Tommy, "Provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe: Is it developing and spreading?" in Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 23, no. 6 (2017):1336-1347,
https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.12783 . .
