Interventions to Expand Community Pharmacists' Scope of Practice.

Autor:	Ali ZZ; Department of General Practice, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia., Skouteris H; Health and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia., Pirotta S; Health and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia., Hussainy SY; Pharmacy Department, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia., Low YL; Department of General Practice, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia., Mazza D; Department of General Practice, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia., Assifi AR; Department of General Practice, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) [Pharmacy (Basel)] 2024 Jun 19; Vol. 12 (3). Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 19.
DOI:	10.3390/pharmacy12030095
Abstrakt:	Background: The role of community pharmacists has evolved beyond the dispensing of medicines. The aim of this scoping review was to describe the interventions that expand the pharmacist's scope of practice within a community pharmacy setting and assess their effectiveness. Methods: We performed a scoping review to identify randomised controlled trials (RCTs), published worldwide from 2013 to 2024, which focused on interventions designed to expand pharmacists' scope of practice in the community. The review was undertaken in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for scoping reviews. To address the aim of this scoping review, the included RCTs were mapped to themes influenced by the Professional Practice Standards 2023 as developed by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia: medication management, collaborative care and medication adherence. Results: Twelve studies demonstrated the potential to expand community pharmacists' scope of practice. Two RCTs resulted in no effect of the intervention. One RCT (conducted in Italy) led to an actual change to community pharmacists' scope of practice, with a statistically significant improvement in the proportion of patients with controlled asthma. Conclusions: On the whole, this scoping review synthesised the findings of peer-reviewed RCT studies that revealed expanding community pharmacists' scope of practice may result in improved patient outcomes, a reduced burden for the healthcare system, and greater productivity.
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