Do Community Pharmacists Influence Prescribing?

Potential drug–drug interactions in prescriptions dispensed in community pharmacies in Greece

“…A larger study with more community or hospital pharmacies may give more reliable results. The use of electronic prescriptions, bar codes to assist in the identification of patients and their medications, the implementation of an accurate system providing novel scientific evidence, as well as careful selection of medication, are some of the suggestions strongly recommended nowadays to physicians [30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. Moreover, pharmacists have a key role in identifying and preventing potential DDIs in prescriptions dispensed to patients [37].…”

Pharmaceutical interventions on prescription problems in a Danish pharmacy setting

“…One of the most important and central roles of the community pharmacist is his/her impact on the prescription process [3], among other things by screening for drug-drug interactions [4] and intervening on prescription problems [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] and inappropriate use of medicine [9,13,14]. Most studies have been conducted in a hospital setting [15], focusing on prescription errors, finding prescription error rates varying from 0.3 to 39.1% in hospital in-patients [16].…”

Appropriateness of ambulatory prescriptions in Taiwan: translating claims data into initiatives

“…Community-oriented primary care is an essential component of the healthcare system and community pharmacists actively engaged in collaborating with primary-care physicians in medication therapy management can help enhance patient safety [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. Community pharmacy practices in Taiwan have developed significantly since the implementation of the government-run National Health Insurance (NHI) in 1995 and the separation of prescribing and dispensing policy in 1997 [25,26].…”