NDLI: A developmental evaluation of an intraprofessional Pharmacy Communication Partnership (PROMPT) to improve transitions in care from hospital to community: A mixed-methods study

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Author	Guilcher, Sara J. T. Fernandes, Olavo Luke, Miles J. Wong, Gary Lui, Philip Cameron, Karen Pariser, Pauline Raco, Vanessa Kak, Karishma Varghese, Shawn Papastergiou, John McCarthy, Lisa M.
Abstract	Background People transitioning from hospital- to community-based care are at increased risk of experiencing medication problems that can lead to adverse drug events and poor health outcomes. Community pharmacists provide medication expertise and support during care transitions yet are not routinely included in communications between hospitals and other primary health care providers. The PhaRmacy COMmunication ParTnership (PROMPT) intervention facilitates medication management by optimizing information sharing between pharmacists across care settings. This developmental evaluation sought to assess the feasibility and acceptability of implementing the PROMPT intervention, and to explore how contextual factors influenced its implementation. Methods PROMPT was implemented for 14 weeks (January–April, 2018) in the general internal medicine units at two teaching hospitals in Toronto, Canada. PROMPT featured two contact points between hospital and community pharmacists around patient discharge: (1) faxing an enhanced discharge prescription and discharge summary to a patient’s community pharmacy and (2) a follow-up phone call from the hospital pharmacist to the community pharmacist. Our mixed-method evaluation involved electronic patient records, process measures using tracking forms, telephone surveys and semi-structured interviews with participating community and hospital pharmacists. Results The intervention involved 45 patients with communication between 12 hospital and 45 community pharmacists. Overall, the intervention had challenges with feasibility. Issues with fidelity included challenges with the medical discharge summary being available at the time of faxing and hospital pharmacists’ difficulties with incorporating novel elements of the program into their existing practices. However, both community and hospital pharmacists recognized the potential benefits to patient care that PROMPT offered, and both groups proposed recommendations for further improvements. Suggestions included enhancing hospital staffing and resources. Conclusion Improving intraprofessional collaboration, through interventions such as PROMPT, positions pharmacists as leaders of medication management services across care settings and has the potential to improve patient care; however, more co-design work is needed to enhance the intervention and its fidelity.
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ISSN	14726963
DOI	10.1186/s12913-020-4909-0
Journal	BMC Health Services Research
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Volume Number	20
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2020-02-10
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Subject Keyword	Public Health Health Administration Health Informatics Nursing Research Transitions in care Pharmacists Medication management Hospital discharge Medication reconciliation
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Resource Type	Article
Subject	Health Policy

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