A study to investigate the implementation process and fidelity of a hospital to community pharmacy transfer of care intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital to community pharmacy transfer of care medicines-related interventions for inpatients discharged home aim to improve continuity of care and patient outcomes. One such intervention has been provided for seven years within a region in England. This study reports upon the implementation process and fidelity of this intervention.

Methods

The process evaluation guidance issued by the Medical Research Council has informed this study. A logic model to describe the intervention and causal assumptions was developed from preliminary semi-structured interviews with project team members. Further semi-structured interviews were undertaken with intervention providers from hospital and community pharmacy, and with patient and public representatives. These aimed to inves

SUBMITTER: Khayyat SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8714098 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature