Impacts of Outsourcing Medication Repackaging in Nursing Homes: Quality and Areas of Pharmacy-Nursing Collaboration.

ABSTRACT: The task of repackaging resident's medication into medication organizers is increasingly outsourced from nursing homes to pharmacies, presenting an opportunity to redefine the interaction between nursing and pharmaceutical staff. This study investigated whether outsourcing medication repackaging changes the quality and subjects of collaboration between the two professions. A cross-sectional survey was developed targeting heads of nursing in German nursing homes. A simple random sample of 1415 nursing homes was contacted by phone. Respondents participated either by phone or by online survey. Quality of collaboration was measured using Kenaszchuk's Interprofessional Collaboration Scale (ICS) with its subscales Communication, Accommodation and Isolation. Topics of interaction were ascertained

SUBMITTER: Schmid T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12737295 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature