The impact of clinical pharmacy intervention in a psychiatric hospital.
One hundred and nine physician-initiated consultations were directed to a clinical pharmacist over a 1-year period. Two hundred and three (88.2%) recommendations out of 229 were adopted. Major question types included preventive measures, non-response, side-effects and mixed factors. The global effectiveness of pharmacist interventions suggests that 67.9% of patients exhibited a very satisfactory or satisfactory response. While our study suggests that a clinical pharmacist may favourably contribute to the quality of patient care, a control-group study is required to confirm our results.
Dorevitch
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Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Medicine, Israel.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010595:Pharmacists; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*