Benefits, challenges and contributors to the introduction of new hospital-based outpatient clinic pharmacist positions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pharmacists working within interprofessional teams in the outpatient setting are well placed to address medication-related problems before and after hospital admission. Therefore, exploration of these roles is warranted.

Objectives

To explore pharmacists' and other health professionals' perspectives of the impact of pharmacists working within interprofessional teams in outpatient clinics. Furthermore, we endeavoured to identify both the challenges and contributors to success with the introduction of pharmacists into these settings.

Methods

This qualitative study involved semi-structured interviews with both hospital outpatient clinic pharmacists and other clinic health professionals to gain an in-depth understanding of how the introduction of pharmacists in

SUBMITTER: Snoswell CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9029912 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature