Emergency department physicians' experiences and perceptions with medication-related work tasks and the potential role of clinical pharmacists.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Medication-related problems are frequent among emergency department patients. Clinical pharmacists play an important role in identifying, solving, and preventing these problems, but are not present in emergency departments worldwide. We aimed to explore how Norwegian physicians experience medication-related work tasks in emergency departments without pharmacists present, and how they perceive future introduction of a clinical pharmacist in the interprofessional team.

Methods

We interviewed 27 physicians in three emergency departments in Norway. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and analysed using qualitative content analysis.

Results

Our informants' experience with medication-related work tasks mainly concerned medication reconciliation, and few oth

SUBMITTER: Johnsgard T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10286684 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature