Telepharmacy and Quality of Medication Use in Rural Areas, 2013–2019

Pathak, Shweta; Haynes, Mitchell; Qato, Dima M.; Urick, Benjamin Y.

doi:10.5888/pcd17.200012

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“…The majority of the pharmacists agreed that telepharmacy could improve medication adherence and disease therapy management among patients. The results of our study were similar to the earlier study conducted by Hudd & Tataronis (2011) , and another study conducted by Pathak et al (2020) . These two studies did not find any difference in adherence rates between patients at a retail chain pharmacy and an urban telepharmacy-supported pharmacy.…”

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“…These two studies did not find any difference in adherence rates between patients at a retail chain pharmacy and an urban telepharmacy-supported pharmacy. This means that telepharmacy can provide a quality service similar to physical visits to the community pharmacies and improve patients’ quality of life ( Hudd & Tataronis, 2011 ; Pathak et al, 2020 ). These results are also supported by a study conducted by the United States Veterans Affairs (VA) integrated health care system, which used clinical pharmacist-led synchronous clinical video telehealth (CVT).…”

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Exploring the perception and readiness of Pharmacists towards telepharmacy implementation; a cross sectional analysis

Muhammad

Baraka

Shah

et al. 2022

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Background Amid the turbulent nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, telepharmacy has shifted the paradigm of patient care by leveraging digital medicine. Government mandated lockdowns and norms of social distancing have further underscored the need for telepharmacy. Many developed and developing countries implemented such initiatives where pharmacists have provided tele-pharmacy services via telecommunications. However, the implementation and utilization of tele-pharmacy services are quite negligible in resource limited settings due to financial and administrative constraints. This study was aimed to ascertain the perception and readiness of pharmacists working in various sectors of a resource limiting country. Methodology A cross sectional study was carried out in all provinces of Pakistan to explore the perceptions of pharmacists towards telepharmacy implementation through a 35-items study instrument. The collected data was analyzed descriptively and scored accordingly. The chi-square test was used for inferential analysis on pharmacist’s perception regarding implementation of tele-pharmacy with their demographics. Results Of 380 pharmacists, the mean age is 27.67 ± 3.67 years with a preponderance of male pharmacists (n = 238, 62.6%). The pharmacists (n = 321, 84.5%) perceived that telepharmacy implementation improves patient’s quality of life and decreases patients’ visits (n = 291, 76.6%). Overall, pharmacists (n = 227, 59.7%) had negative perception towards benefits of telepharmacy implementation, but pharmacists had positive perception towards eligibility (n = 258, 67.9%), regulatory issues (n = 271, 71.3%) and telepharmacy during pandemic and beyond (n = 312, 82.1%). In chi-square testing gender (p = 0.03) and age (p = 0.03) had a significant association with perception regarding regulatory issues. Among perception regarding telepharmacy during COVID-19 pandemic and beyond age had a significant association (p = 0.03). Among perception regarding eligibility job location of pharmacists had significant association (p = 0.04). Conclusion The majority of pharmacists had a positive perception regarding the eligibility of patients and regulatory issues/legal framework regarding the implementation of tele-pharmacy, as well as its use during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. The implementation of tele-pharmacy can play a major role in providing timely and better patient care to remote patient areas and may help in the prevention and treatment of different infectious diseases.

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Exploring the perception and readiness of Pharmacists towards telepharmacy implementation; a cross sectional analysis

Muhammad

Baraka

Shah

et al. 2022

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“…The BPA used Delphi's method to develop an innovative remote pharmaceutical care framework in response to the current needs of epidemic prevention and control. Different from the telepharmacy provided by a traditional pharmacy, clinic, or medical institution, such as support to clinical services, remote education and handling of "special pharmacies" on medication dispensing safety, and prescription and reconciliation of drug therapies (Baldoni et al, 2019;Le et al, 2020;Pathak et al, 2020;Zhou et al, 2020), this study describes and analyses the framework, the results, and effects of internetbased remote pharmacy services supported by multidisciplinary professional pharmacists with MTM certification quickly response to the COVID-19 epidemic, with social software on smartphones for patients' medication management and remote education. The innovative telepharmacy service aiming to provide a reference for international pharmacists.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Establishment and Practice of Pharmacy Care Service Based on Internet Social Media: Telemedicine in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Zheng

Li³

et al. 2021

Front. Pharmacol.

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Objective: For patients with chronic diseases requiring long-term use of medications who are quarantined at home, the management of medication therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic is a problem that pharmacists urgently need to discuss and solve. The study aims to establish and launch a telepharmacy framework to implement pharmaceutical care during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: To establish a remote pharmacy service model based on a medication consultation service platform under the official account of the “Beijing Pharmacists Association” on the social software WeChat app, obtain the medication consultation records from February 28 to April 27, 2020, during the worst period of the epidemic in China, and to perform a statistical analysis of the information about the patients seeking consultation, consultation process, content and follow-up results.Results: The medication consultation service system and telepharmacy service model based on social software were established in February 2020. The “Cloud Pharmacy Care” platform had 1,432 views and 66 followers and completed 39 counseling cases in 2 months. Counseling was available for patients of all ages. Of the 39 cases, 82.05% of patients were young and middle-aged. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the long-term medication usage problems of patients with chronic disease were effectively addressed using “Cloud Pharmacy Care”. In the consultation, 35 cases (89.7%) were related to the use of medicines or health products, and 4 cases (10.3%) involved disease state management and the use of supplements. The top five drug-related issues included the selection of medications, the dosage and usage of drugs, medications for special populations, medication therapy management of chronic diseases, and adverse drug reactions. All consultations were completed within 4 h, with a positive review rate of 97.4%.Conclusion: During the COVID-19 pandemic, a remote pharmacy service “Cloud Pharmacy Care” based on the social software WeChat app was quickly constructed and applied to solve the medication-related problems of patients and the public during home quarantining. The significance of the study lies in the timely and interactive consultation model helps to carry out medication therapy management for chronically ill patients and improves patients’ medication compliance, improves medical quality, and plays a positive role in promoting the popularization of safe medication knowledge.

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“…This finding corroborates with previous similar studies that found that chronically ill patients take the most advantage of telepharmacy and home drug delivery. 37,38 What was of concern is that more than 60% of participants believed that home drug delivery might decrease pharmacist-patient contact time, thus compromising important drug information the patient should be aware of. Indeed, this is a true reality; previous studies revealed that the absence of patient counseling could significantly increase the risk for medication errors.…”

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Public Perceptions About Home Delivery of Medication Service and Factors Associated with the Utilization of This Service

Farha¹,

Alzoubi²,

Rizik³

et al. 2022

PPA

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Home medication delivery service is a major service for the public. It reduces overcrowding and unnecessary visits to health centers. This study aims to investigate the public perception of home delivery of medication service in Jordan and evaluate factors affecting the use of this service. Methods:The study was conducted in March 2022 using an online survey. Participants were asked to fill out a validated questionnaire to evaluate their perception of home delivery of medication service. Results: Among the 1032 adult participated in this study, the majority reported that they had heard of home delivery of medication service (n = 832, 80.6%). However, only 30.9% of them have used this service before. Results showed that 71.4% of the participants (n = 737) believe that home delivery of medication service is more convenient and accessible than in-store drug refill. In addition, 65.6% of the participants (n = 677) believed that home delivery of medication service is suitable only for refill-prescription drugs (65.0%). The main pros of the service as perceived by the study participants were to serve sick patients, elderly, and disabled people (n = 822, 79.7%). In contrast, the inability of patients to build a professional relationship with pharmacists using home delivery of medications service was the most perceived con of this service (n = 627, 60.8%). Finally, regression analysis revealed that older participants, those with chronic diseases, and those who visit community pharmacies two times or more per month revealed higher use of the service (P = <0.05). Conclusion:This study has shown that most participants showed positive perceptions toward the home delivery of medication services. However, participants believed that this service may decrease pharmacist's patient contact time, thus affecting the quality of medication counseling. More comprehensive future studies are necessary to examine the financial aspects of such a service and its associated drawbacks.

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Telepharmacy and Quality of Medication Use in Rural Areas, 2013–2019

Cited by 22 publications

References 11 publications

Exploring the perception and readiness of Pharmacists towards telepharmacy implementation; a cross sectional analysis

Exploring the perception and readiness of Pharmacists towards telepharmacy implementation; a cross sectional analysis

The Establishment and Practice of Pharmacy Care Service Based on Internet Social Media: Telemedicine in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Public Perceptions About Home Delivery of Medication Service and Factors Associated with the Utilization of This Service

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