Analysis of an Infectious Diseases Pharmacist on Call Pager Program to Inform Educational Efforts.

ABSTRACT: Background: An on call infectious diseases (ID) pharmacist may be used as a resource for physicians, pharmacists, and other health care providers to help answer questions regarding anti-infective agents. Objective: To assess type, requestor, resources dedicated, and temporal trends of questions received through an ID pharmacist on call pager program. A secondary objective was to gather insight as to how this information was utilized to inform educational initiatives. Methods: This was a retrospective study of questions received by the ID pharmacist on call via pager at a large academic medical center. Question data were documented in a central database and analyzed to assess temporal trends and question type, and qualitatively analyzed to determine areas for targeted e

SUBMITTER: Gilbert EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5998531 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature