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ArticleJournal of pharmaceutical policy and practice2021

Pharmacists and telemedicine: an innovative model fulfilling Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Nadia Bukhari, Maryam Siddique, Nazia Bilal, Sobia Javed, Arzu Moosvi, Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar

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Article in Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. After the teleconsultation: getting medicines to patients when pharmacy services are not available.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Nadia BukhariUCL School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AX, UK.
Maryam SiddiquedoctHERs, Karachi, Pakistan.
Nazia BilaldoctHERs, Karachi, Pakistan.
Sobia JaveddoctHERs, Karachi, Pakistan.
Arzu MoosvidoctHERs, Karachi, Pakistan.
Zaheer-Ud-Din BabarDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK. z.babar@hud.ac.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The lack of access to safe medicines and quality healthcare services in peri-urban and rural areas is a major challenge driving a health system to innovate new models of care. This commentary will discuss the implementation and impact of the "Guddi baji" tele-pharmacy model, a project piloted by doctHERs, one of Pakistan's leading telemedicine organizations. This innovative model has described the reintegration of women into the workforce by leveraging technology to improve the level of primary health care services and contributes to safe medication practice in a remote area. Our intervention proposed the deployment of technology-enabled, female frontline health workers known as the Guddi baji (meaning The Good Sister) in a rural village. They serve as an "access point to health care" that is linked to a remotely located health care professional; a licensed doctor or a pharmacist within this model.

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PharmacistsSustainable Development GoalsTelemedicine

Identifiers

PMID34749817
PMCPMC8574151

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