Development of the Manchester framework for the evaluation of emergency department pharmacy services.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many countries, including the United Kingdom, have established Emergency Department (ED) pharmacy services where some ED pharmacists now work as practitioners. They provide both traditional pharmaceutical care and novel practitioner care i.e. clinical examination, yet their impact on quality of care is unknown.

Aim

To develop a framework of structures, processes and potential outcome indicators to support evaluation of the quality of ED pharmacy services in future studies.

Method

Framework components (structures, processes and potential outcome indicators) were identified in three ways: from a narrative review of relevant international literature, and separate panel meetings with ED pharmacists and then other ED healthcare professionals. Structures and proc

SUBMITTER: Greenwood D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9393142 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature