Internet‐based pharmacy and centralised dispensing: an exploratory mixed‐methods study of the views of family practice staff.
Objectives: Over the last decade, technological advances, market competition and increasing pressures for efficiencies across healthcare systems have resulted in changes to the processes and policies involved in medicines prescribing and dispensing. The aim of this study was to explore the views of...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Pharmacy Practice Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 56 - 66 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
| Publicado: |
Oxford University Press / USA
Feb2020
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=141205899&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 141205899 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09617671 1311 jtl: International Journal of Pharmacy Practice issn: 09617671 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2020 vid: 28 iid: 1 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 141205899 141205899 141205899 10.1111/ijpp.12573 141205899 ppf: 56 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: C – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Internet‐based pharmacy and centralised dispensing: an exploratory mixed‐methods study of the views of family practice staff. aug: au: Hall, Nicola Wilkes, Scott Sherwood, John affil: Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, University of Sunderland, Sunderland UK sug: subj: Physicians, Family Psychosocial Factors Technology, Pharmaceutical England Internet England Pharmacy Service England Human Exploratory Research Qualitative Studies Focus Groups Cross Sectional Studies Surveys Probability England Thematic Analysis Interviews Sellers and Selling Patient Safety Sample Size ab: Objectives: Over the last decade, technological advances, market competition and increasing pressures for efficiencies across healthcare systems have resulted in changes to the processes and policies involved in medicines prescribing and dispensing. The aim of this study was to explore the views of family practice staff, including GPs, on the perceived impact of changes associated with remote dispensing and the increasing availability of distance‐selling pharmacies. Methods: Exploratory mixed‐methods study using qualitative focus groups and an online cross‐sectional survey distributed to a non‐probability sample of staff from family practices across England. Survey items were developed based on existing literature and initial thematic analysis from the focus groups and adapted using cognitive interviewing techniques. Key findings: Findings suggest that family practice staff believe that where and how prescriptions are dispensed impacts on their practice and patients. Frequent contact with distance‐selling pharmacies is not common; however, highlighted concerns included patient safety issues and the potential threat to the loss of valued elements and sustainability of community pharmacy and dispensing practices. Identified concerns and experiences are unlikely to be routinely discussed within or between practices, limiting opportunities for shared learning and consideration of the potential impact of changes to dispensing processes and policies. Conclusions: Further research is needed to confirm these exploratory findings, due to the low response rate and sample size. Findings, nevertheless, highlight how wider changes in dispensing processes may have unintended consequences on other aspects of the healthcare system. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|