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ArticleInternational journal of clinical pharmacy2022

Impact of a clinical pharmacist on medication safety in mental health Hospital-in-the-Home: a retrospective analysis.

Mechaiel Farag, Kreshnik Hoti, Jeff Hughes, Leanne Chalmers

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Article in International journal of clinical pharmacy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Mechaiel FaragCurtin Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia. Mechaiel.Farag@postgrad.curtin.edu.au.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9616-2017
Kreshnik HotiCurtin Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7652-6074
Jeff HughesCurtin Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0040-4753
Leanne ChalmersCurtin Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2477-2190
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIntegration of clinical pharmacists into multidisciplinary Mental Health Hospital-in-the-Home teams is increasing but little is known about the medication safety contribution these pharmacists make.

aimTo evaluate whether clinical pharmacist involvement in a Mental Health Hospital-in-the-Home service improved medication safety key performance indicators.

methodMedical records were retrospectively reviewed of all patients admitted to 2 Western Australian Mental Health Hospital-in-the-Home services from September to November 2015. SITE 1: was a 16-bed service incorporating a clinical pharmacist as part of its multidisciplinary team. SITE 2: was a similarly structured 18-bed service but without clinical pharmacist involvement. The primary outcome measure was completion of medication safety key performance indicators obtained from the Western Australian Government Pharmaceutical Review Policy and mental health-specific best practice guidelines.

resultsKey performance indicators from Site 1 (n = 75 records), which incorporated a clinical pharmacist, demonstrated significantly (p < 0.001) higher rates of completion of medication reconciliation [65 (87%) versus 17 (29%)], accurate adverse drug reaction list [73 (97%) versus 34 (58%)], accurate discharge medication list [51 (74%) versus 18 (45%)], accurate medication profile [74 (99%) versus 40 (68%)] and medication chart review [74 (99%) versus 0 (0%)] than Site 2 (n = 59).

conclusionIntegrating a clinical pharmacist into a Mental Health Hospital-in-the-Home program significantly improved achievement of medication safety key performance indicators.

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PharmacistsPharmacy Service, HospitalAustraliaHospitals, PsychiatricHumansMedication ReconciliationMental HealthPatient DischargeRetrospective StudiesClinical pharmacistHospital-based home careHospital-in-the-HomeMedication reconciliationMedication safetyMental health

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PMID35438472
PMCPMC9016122
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