Partnering Patients and Interprofessionalism for Pharmacy Service Innovation
A special issue of Pharmacy (ISSN 2226-4787).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 152
Special Issue Editors
2. Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland (ISPSO), University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
3. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Interests: pharmacy practice research; smarter medication; pharmacy services; interprofessional practice; implementation sciences; patient safety; polypharmacy; quality of care; medication adherence
2. Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland (ISPSO), University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Interests: pharmacy practice research; smarter medication; pharmacy services; interprofessional practice; implementation sciences; patient safety; polypharmacy; quality of clinical research
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The major challenge for smarter medication is to achieve a high level of efficiency and sustainability despite the constraints of ageing and the increasing prevalence of chronic (poly)morbidity and health risk behaviours. Adressing this challenge requires cultural, technological (e-health), organisational (integration and continuity of care), educational (lifelong learning) and economic (value-based remuneration) transformations.
Pharmacists are called upon worldwide to strengthen their contribution to the public health solutions in health promotion, prevention, acute care, chronic and palliative therapies. Thus, their positioning in ambulatory care and public health must be considered from an interprofessional perspective and in partnership with patients and the public. However, the demonstration of the value of pharmacists needs to be strengthened, in particular through a more precise definition of pharmacy services, the standardisation of intervention processes and the application of more effective implementation strategies.
We therefore invite you to highlight your research findings in three promising areas: 1) co-designing pharmacy services by patients; 2) developing advanced interprofessional practices such as concertation on common therapeutic objectives and the sharing of decisions and actions; and 3) digital transformation of practices facilitating the first two areas mentioned.
We hope that this Special Issue will stimulate the creation of a new dynamic between researchers, pharmacy teams and their patients and partners as agent of change.
Prof. Olivier Bugnon
Dr. Anne Niquille Charrière
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Pharmacy service innovation
- Pharmacy practice research
- Partnering patients
- Interprofessional practice
- Smarter medication
