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ArticleInternational journal of clinical pharmacy2023

Medication supply at hospital discharge via community pharmacy: a quality improvement study.

Lesley-Anne Tait, Nicholas Cassidy, Derek Jamieson, Gwen Shaw, Anne Thomson, Michael Oswald, Alan Harrison, Janice Watt, Paul Forsyth, Gail Caldwell

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Provision of medication supply at hospital discharge: A rapid scoping review of the "Meds-to-Beds" care model.American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists · 2026
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lesley-Anne TaitPharmacy Department, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Castle St, Glasgow, G4 0SF, Scotland. LesleyAnne.Tait@ggc.scot.nhs.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-8496-1037
Nicholas CassidyGolden Jubilee National Hospital, Agamemnon St, Clydebank, G81 4DY, Scotland.
Derek JamiesonGlasgow City HSCP North East Locality, Templeton Business Centre, Building 2, 62 Templeton Street, Glasgow, G40 1DA, Scotland.
Gwen ShawPharmacy, Clarkston Court, 56 Busby Road, Glasgow, G76 7AT, Scotland.
Anne ThomsonPharmacy, Clarkston Court, 56 Busby Road, Glasgow, G76 7AT, Scotland.
Michael OswaldCommunity Pharmacy Scotland, 42 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3NH, Scotland.
Alan HarrisonPharmacy, Clarkston Court, 56 Busby Road, Glasgow, G76 7AT, Scotland.
Janice WattPharmacy, Clarkston Court, 56 Busby Road, Glasgow, G76 7AT, Scotland.
Paul ForsythPharmacy, Clarkston Court, 56 Busby Road, Glasgow, G76 7AT, Scotland.
Gail CaldwellPharmacy, Clarkston Court, 56 Busby Road, Glasgow, G76 7AT, Scotland.
Glasgow Royal Infirmary · GBGolden Jubilee National Hospital · GBGold Standard Simulations (United Kingdom) · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPatient delays at the point of their discharge account for more than half a million additional bed days every year in Scotland, United Kingdom. Bottlenecks in discharge medication dispensing contribute to such delays.

aimTo test whether the discharge process could be made more time-efficient by utilising community pharmacy supply of medicines on the day of discharge, rather than hospital pharmacy supply.

settingGlasgow Royal Infirmary, Scotland. DEVELOPMENT: Local community pharmacy staff received training and communication about each patient discharge. Pharmacies could access an immediate discharge letter (IDL) on a shared electronic record. The existing pandemic law allowed medication dispensing from this IDL, without a prescription. IMPLEMENTATION: The programme was implemented from June to November 2020, across three Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles. Comparisons were made between the new community pharmacy model and standard hospital model. EVALUATION: Across three PDSA cycles, in total 335 patients had community pharmacy supply compared to 376 patients eligible for hospital pharmacy supply. The median time taken from creation of the IDL to final completion was significantly lower in the new community pharmacy model compared to the hospital pharmacy model; 154 min (interquartile range (IQR) 82-272 min) vs 296 min (IQR 197-1281 min) p value < 0.000

conclusionA community pharmacy supply model compared to a standard hospital pharmacy model resulted in a median time saving of 142 min per patient. Such a time saving has the potential to deliver a transformational change in patient flow and free up hospital pharmacy staff to deliver other clinical interventions.

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Community Pharmacy ServicesPharmaciesHospitalsHumansPatient DischargePharmacistsQuality ImprovementCommunity pharmacyHospital dischargeHospital pharmacyQuality Improvement

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