Pharmacists’ attitudes towards a pharmaceutical assessment screening tool to help prioritise pharmaceutical care in a UK hospital

Patient prioritization for pharmaceutical care in hospital: A systematic review of assessment tools

“…The number of scoring tools was lower than the number of studies because the pharmaceutical assessment screening tool (PAST) 16 and the assessment risk tool (ART) 35 were each applied in two different studies. 36,47 Where PAST, a tool for measuring patient acuity and prioritizing pharmaceutical care, was designed in an initial study, a subsequent study attempted to establish pharmacists' attitudes toward the tool.…”

“…Similarly, an initial study 35 described the development of the ART for prioritizing in-patients for the prevention of ADEs, and a follow-up as followed by study 36 studies. 16,[32][33][34][41][42][43]46,47…”

“…10,32,[35][36][37][39][40][41][44][45][46] The remaining studies were retrospective observational studies, 33,34 descriptive, 31,43 systematic review/ survey, quasi-experimental study, 16 and survey. 42,47 The studies varied because they addressed diverse aims. Most studies (79%) assessed distinct risk screening tools to assess their ability to identify patients at greatest risk of ADRs, ADEs, or MEs and to guide appropriate pharmaceutical care.…”

Implementação de uma ferramenta de sistematização do cuidado farmacêutico de pacientes clínico-cirúrgicos em ambiente hospitalar: relato de experiência/ Implementation of a systematization tool for pharmaceutical care of clinical-surgical patients in a hospital setting: an experience report

“…Cottrell e colaboradores (2013) descrevem o desenvolvimento de uma ferramenta eletrônica utilizada para identificar pacientes com alto risco de desenvolver eventos adversos relacionados e relatam impacto positivo no fornecimento oportuno de cuidado farmacêutico aos pacientes de alto risco (28). Saxby e colaboradores (2016) relatam que a ferramenta desenvolvida em seu serviço otimiza a acuidade da identificação das necessidades do cuidado farmacêutico dos pacientes e direciona a especialidade do farmacêutico que realizará a avaliação (29).…”

Validation of the assessment of risk tool: patient prioritisation technology for clinical pharmacist interventions

“…Formal evaluation of user uptake is, however, limited. One such tool, the pharmaceutical assessment screening tool (PAST), developed in a UK tertiary hospital,32 formally evaluated pharmacist attitudes to the risk tool and found that while pharmacists were confident about using the PAST, their clinical judgement would supersede the assigned acuity level 34. This was thought to be due to the need to validate the tool and reinforce its role in patient prioritisation.…”