Implementation study of an interprofessional medication adherence program for HIV patients in Switzerland: quantitative and qualitative implementation results.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An interprofessional medication adherence program (IMAP) for chronic patients was developed and successfully implemented in the community pharmacy of the Department of ambulatory care and community medicine (Lausanne, Switzerland). This study assesses the capacity of a physician and a nurse at the infectious diseases service of a public hospital and of community pharmacists in the Neuchâtel area (Switzerland) to implement the IMAP in their practice.

Methods

Mixed method, prospective, observational study. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of the implementation process were conducted following the RE-AIM model (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance).

Results

Implementation started in November 2014. One physician, one nurse, and fi

SUBMITTER: Lelubre M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6247756 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature