Use of a pharmacy technician to facilitate postfracture care provided by clinical pharmacy specialists
| Autor: | Theresa M. Gerrity, Rachel M. F. Heilmann, Kari L. Olson, Beverly A. Kroner, Adriane N. Irwin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Patient screening Pharmacist Pharmacy Technicians Fractures Bone Clinical Protocols Bone Density Intervention (counseling) parasitic diseases Clinical information Medicine media_common.cataloged_instance Electronic Health Records Humans Prospective Studies Osteoporosis Postmenopausal media_common Aged Quality of Health Care Pharmacology Aged 80 and over Bone Density Conservation Agents business.industry Health Policy Technician Clinical pharmacy Family medicine Usual care Female business Pharmacy Service Hospital Pharmacy technician |
| Zdroj: | American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. 71(23) |
| ISSN: | 1535-2900 |
| Popis: | Purpose The ability of a pharmacy technician to support the patient screening and documentation-related functions of a pharmacist-driven osteoporosis management service was evaluated. Methods A two-phase prospective study was conducted within a large integrated health system to assess a pharmacy technician’s performance in supporting a multisite team of clinical pharmacy specialists providing postfracture care. In phase I of the study, a specially trained pharmacy technician provided support to pharmacists at five participating medical offices, helping to identify patients requiring pharmacist intervention and, when applicable, collecting patient-specific clinical information from the electronic health record. In phase II of the study, the amount of pharmacist time saved through the use of technician support versus usual care was evaluated. Results The records of 127 patient cases were reviewed by the pharmacy technician during phase I of the study, and a pharmacist agreed with the technician’s determination of the need for intervention in the majority of instances (92.9%). An additional 91 patient cases were reviewed by the technician in phase II of the research. With technician support, pharmacists spent less time reviewing cases subsequently determined as not requiring intervention (mean ± S.D., 5.0 ± 3.8 minutes per case compared with 5.2 ± 4.5 minutes under the usual care model; p = 0.78). In cases requiring intervention, technician support was associated with a reduction in the average pharmacist time spent on care plan development (13.5 ± 7.1 minutes versus 18.2 ± 16.6 minutes with usual care, p = 0.34). Conclusion The study results suggest that a pharmacy technician can accurately determine if a patient is a candidate for pharmacist intervention and collect clinical information to facilitate care plan development. |
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