2019
DOI: 10.1177/1078345819852044
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Clinical Pharmacists in Correctional Facilities: A Literature Review and Future Directions

Abstract: The role of pharmacists has undergone a significant transformation. Expanding clinical roles in the community and hospital settings have led to opportunity for correctional facility pharmacists to expand their practice. This literature review identifies past and present roles of correctional pharmacists, along with areas for growth. Peer-reviewed and gray literature is described, outlining current and expanding pharmacist roles from 1997 to 2017. The literature reveals that health care provided in correctional… Show more

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“…Thomson et al [ 39 ] reported that health care provided in prisons was shifting from a basic level of care to a greater role in inmate health and identified prison inmates’ challenges and barriers to health care. The future top issues in prisons might be the confidentiality of medical information, standards of care, mental disorders and disabilities, and substance abuse and treatment [ 40 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thomson et al [ 39 ] reported that health care provided in prisons was shifting from a basic level of care to a greater role in inmate health and identified prison inmates’ challenges and barriers to health care. The future top issues in prisons might be the confidentiality of medical information, standards of care, mental disorders and disabilities, and substance abuse and treatment [ 40 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…State prisons have more cost-conservative pharmacy practice models in place (Thomson et al, 2019). A physical pharmacy may not be onsite in the institutions daily; remote pharmacists verify prescribers’ orders for multiple prison facilities and medications may be batched, packaged, and shipped (Thomson et al, 2019). This model is feasible thanks to electronic records and computerized order entry (Thomson et al, 2019).…”
Section: The Potential Of Collaborative Healthcare In Incarcerated Se...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A physical pharmacy may not be onsite in the institutions daily; remote pharmacists verify prescribers’ orders for multiple prison facilities and medications may be batched, packaged, and shipped (Thomson et al, 2019). This model is feasible thanks to electronic records and computerized order entry (Thomson et al, 2019). Financial pressures reduce pharmacy practice to essential functions of order verification and dispensing.…”
Section: The Potential Of Collaborative Healthcare In Incarcerated Se...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Managing people infected with COVID-19 requires a team of competent healthcare workers, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and paramedics [ 5 , 6 ]. Pharmacists, among other healthcare workers, are known to have played a critical role in supporting the health system during recent pandemics (tuberculosis, cholera, HIV/AIDS) by providing healthcare services to patients with chronic diseases, pharmaceutical care, telemedicine services, drugs-related information to public and health workers through their work in the community and hospital settings [ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%