The Evolving Role and Impact of Integrating Pharmacists into Primary Care Teams: Experience from Ontario, Canada
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Pharmacist’s Role in Primary Care
3. The Demonstrated Value of Pharmacists Integrated into PCTs
4. Collaboration with Physicians
5. Perspectives from Patients
6. Evolving Pharmacy Education and Practice
7. Improved Outcomes for Patients and Optimization of Health Systems
8. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Activity Category | Specific Activity Carried Out | Percent of Respondents N: % (N = 70) |
---|---|---|
Direct Patient Care | Managing medication-related issues | 96 |
General medication reviews | 70 | |
Medication reconciliation | 63 | |
Education and drug information | Unstructured education to other healthcare practitioners | 73 |
Mentoring students | 27 | |
Structured education to patients in a group setting | 16 | |
Systematic improvement programs | Creating new programs for patients | 19 |
Improvement in drug prescribing/use | 17 | |
Other activities | Research/quality improvement | 9 |
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Khaira, M.; Mathers, A.; Benny Gerard, N.; Dolovich, L. The Evolving Role and Impact of Integrating Pharmacists into Primary Care Teams: Experience from Ontario, Canada. Pharmacy 2020, 8, 234. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8040234
Khaira M, Mathers A, Benny Gerard N, Dolovich L. The Evolving Role and Impact of Integrating Pharmacists into Primary Care Teams: Experience from Ontario, Canada. Pharmacy. 2020; 8(4):234. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8040234
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhaira, Manmeet, Annalise Mathers, Nichelle Benny Gerard, and Lisa Dolovich. 2020. "The Evolving Role and Impact of Integrating Pharmacists into Primary Care Teams: Experience from Ontario, Canada" Pharmacy 8, no. 4: 234. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8040234
APA StyleKhaira, M., Mathers, A., Benny Gerard, N., & Dolovich, L. (2020). The Evolving Role and Impact of Integrating Pharmacists into Primary Care Teams: Experience from Ontario, Canada. Pharmacy, 8(4), 234. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8040234