Key result
Primary care pharmacist-led interventions in post-hospital discharge care will be evaluated in this scoping review protocol, which currently reports no clinical findings.
Why the study?
Medication safety issues occur during transitions of care, but little is known about the role of primary care pharmacists in improving care when patients move from secondary to primary care.
This protocol outlines a scoping review to map the evidence on the role of primary care pharmacists in facilitating transitions of care for patients recently discharged from the hospital.
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No practice change warranted; leaves open the evidence map on primary care pharmacist roles in post-discharge transitions.
BACKGROUND: Evidence has shown that there is a significant problem with medication safety when patients are transferred between settings. The role of community pharmacists and hospital pharmacists in facilitating transition of care has been well-researched. However, with the developing role of pharmacists in general practice as part of a multi-disciplinary team, little is known about their role in improving transition of care when patients move from secondary to primary care. The key objective of this scoping review is to understand the nature and extent of the role of primary care pharmacists for patients recently discharged from secondary care. METHODS: This scoping review will follow the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology for scoping review underpinned by the Arksey and O'Malley methodology and reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines. The following electronic databases will be systematically searched: MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Web of Science and NICE Evidence. Reference lists of included full texts will be searched for relevant papers, in addition to grey literature which includes websites of relevant professional organisations. Primary studies, published in the English language that involved a primary care pharmacist-led intervention post-hospital discharge will be included. Two independent reviewers will screen studies against eligibility criteria and use a piloted data extraction form to extract data related to the review questions. The data will be presented in tabular form and assessed for key themes to identify gaps and inform future research. DISCUSSION: This scoping review will map current evidence surrounding the role of primary care pharmacists in the post-hospital discharge care of patients. Findings will inform ongoing research to support safer transfer-of-care post-hospital discharge and identify ways in which collaboration between healthcare professionals can be improved. This review anticipates guiding the inclusion of patient and public involvement (PPI) at the consultation stage to validate and build on the findings.
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Yahya et al. (2022) conducted a review in Post-hospital discharge care. Primary care pharmacist-led interventions was evaluated. Primary care pharmacist-led interventions in post-hospital discharge care will be evaluated in this scoping review protocol, which currently reports no clinical findings.
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