Carroll Joni C, McGivney Melissa Somma, Coley Kim C
School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
Pharmacy (Basel). 2019 Aug 17;7(3):118. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy7030118.
Community pharmacies across the United States are forming clinically integrated networks (CINs) to facilitate the provision of patient-centered care. These networks need to continually innovate and demonstrate how their patient care services positively impact health outcomes. One way to do this is to develop a practice-based research network (PBRN) in partnership with existing CINs to perform robust outcome evaluations. The objective of this study was to learn pharmacists' opinions on participating in research to facilitate the formation of a community pharmacy PBRN in Pennsylvania. A 20-item survey gathered information on pharmacists' research interests, perceived benefits of research participation, and preferences on communication and patient engagement. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square tests were used to analyze quantitative data. Seventy-three participants completed the survey, with 47% representing independent pharmacies. The majority (96%) were interested in research opportunities and 86% believed improving workflow and patient care was the most valuable benefit. Eighty percent of pharmacists reported it is very important to demonstrate that pharmacists care about making patients' health better. Connecting pharmacists with other health care providers was reported as very important by 75% of respondents. Pharmacists reported face-to-face communication (76%) as their preferred way to approach patients about research and 72% supported using student pharmacists to assist with patient engagement. The results from this study can inform others who are structuring processes and developing communication strategies for community pharmacy PBRNs, particularly in partnership with CINs.
美国各地的社区药房正在组建临床整合网络（CINs），以促进以患者为中心的护理服务的提供。这些网络需要不断创新，并展示其患者护理服务如何对健康结果产生积极影响。实现这一目标的一种方法是与现有的临床整合网络合作，建立一个基于实践的研究网络（PBRN），以进行有力的结果评估。本研究的目的是了解药剂师对于参与研究以促进宾夕法尼亚州社区药房基于实践的研究网络形成的看法。一项包含20个条目的调查收集了有关药剂师研究兴趣、参与研究的感知益处以及沟通和患者参与偏好等方面的信息。描述性统计和卡方检验用于分析定量数据。73名参与者完成了调查，其中47%代表独立药房。大多数人（96%）对研究机会感兴趣，86%的人认为改善工作流程和患者护理是最有价值的益处。80%的药剂师表示，证明药剂师关心改善患者健康非常重要。75%的受访者表示，将药剂师与其他医疗服务提供者联系起来非常重要。药剂师报告称，面对面沟通（76%）是向患者介绍研究的首选方式，72%的人支持利用药学专业学生协助患者参与。本研究结果可为其他正在构建社区药房基于实践的研究网络流程和制定沟通策略的人提供参考，特别是在与临床整合网络合作的情况下。
