Almarsdottir A B, Babar Z U D
Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Building 505, Park Road, Grafton, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand.
Int J Clin Pharm. 2016 Jun;38(3):724-30. doi: 10.1007/s11096-016-0300-y. Epub 2016 May 21.
This article describes the current and future practice of pharmacy scenario underpinning and guiding this research and then suggests future directions and strategies for such research. First, it sets the scene by discussing the key drivers which could influence the change in pharmacy practice research. These are demographics, technology and professional standards. Second, deriving from this, it seeks to predict and forecast the future shifts in use of methodologies. Third, new research areas and availability of data impacting on future methods are discussed. These include the impact of aging information technology users on healthcare, understanding and responding to cultural and social disparities, implementing multidisciplinary initiatives to improve health care, medicines optimization and predictive risk analysis, and pharmacy as business and health care institution. Finally, implications of the trends for pharmacy practice research methods are discussed.
本文描述了支撑和指导本研究的药学场景的当前及未来实践，进而提出此类研究的未来方向和策略。首先，通过讨论可能影响药学实践研究变革的关键驱动因素来搭建框架，这些因素包括人口统计学、技术和专业标准。其次，据此试图预测和展望未来研究方法使用方面的转变。第三，讨论影响未来方法的新研究领域和数据可得性，其中包括老龄化信息技术用户对医疗保健的影响、理解并应对文化和社会差异、实施多学科举措以改善医疗保健、药物优化和预测性风险分析，以及药学作为商业和医疗保健机构的情况。最后，探讨了这些趋势对药学实践研究方法的影响。
