Banh Hoan Linh, Cave Andrew J
Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, 6-10 University Terrace, Edmonton, AB T6G 2C8, Canada.
Pharmacy (Basel). 2021 May 28;9(2):107. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy9020107.
Collaborative practice in health-care has proven to be an effective and efficient method for the management of chronic diseases. This study describes a de novo collaborative practice between a pharmacist and a family physician. The primary objective of the study is to describe the collaboration model between a pharmacist and family physician. The secondary objective is to describe the pharmacist workload. A list of patients who had at least one interaction with the pharmacist was generated and printed from the electronic medical record. There were 389 patients on the patient panel. The pharmacist had at least one encounter with 159 patients. There were 83 females. The most common medical condition seen by the pharmacist was hypertension. A total of 583 patient consultations were made by the pharmacist and 219 of those were independent visits. The pharmacist wrote 1361 prescriptions. The expanded scope of practice for pharmacists in Alberta includes additional prescribing authority. The pharmacists' education and clinical experience gained trust from the family physician. These, coupled with the family physician's previous positive experience working with pharmacists made the collaboration achievable.
医疗保健中的协作实践已被证明是管理慢性病的一种有效且高效的方法。本研究描述了药剂师与家庭医生之间的全新协作实践。该研究的主要目的是描述药剂师与家庭医生之间的协作模式。次要目的是描述药剂师的工作量。从电子病历中生成并打印出与药剂师至少有过一次互动的患者名单。患者名单上有389名患者。药剂师至少接触过159名患者。其中有83名女性。药剂师接诊的最常见病症是高血压。药剂师共进行了583次患者咨询，其中219次是独立问诊。药剂师开具了1361张处方。艾伯塔省药剂师扩大后的执业范围包括额外的处方权。药剂师的教育背景和临床经验赢得了家庭医生的信任。这些因素，再加上家庭医生之前与药剂师合作的积极经验，使得这种协作得以实现。
