title: Perceived needs of pharmaceutical care services among healthcare professionals in South Korea: a qualitative study.
abstract: Purpose To explore the need for pharmaceutical care services, key features of desirable pharmacy services, and perceived barriers for advancing the services in hospital environments with doctors and nurses who are key co-workers of the interdisciplinary team care services.Methods Semi-structured, in-depth interviews with eighteen doctors and fifteen nurses employing purposive and snowballing sampling strategies were conducted in ten hospitals in South Korea. Results The level of pharmaceutical care was varied across regions or institutions in South Korea. The concept of pharmaceutical care was insufficiently defined, and tended to be limited to some parts of medication counseling. Through pharmaceutical care services, doctors desired to acquire comprehensive drug information from and to share clinical responsibilities with pharmacists. Nurses wished to lower their burdens of medication counseling services from their daily practices. Doctors and nurses asked for pharmacists providing essential and carefully selected medication information to their patients in a patient-centered manner. The listed barriers to pharmaceutical care included the lack of appropriate systems for reward, insufficient accessibility to patient records by pharmacists, ambiguous role descriptions of pharmacist, and absence of effective communication among professionals. Conclusion A successful pharmaceutical care service model should allow efficient exchange of information among healthcare professionals to build inter-professional trust and to provide a continuity of care both in terms of time and setting. As prerequisites of such system, it was warranted to develop clinical evidence and an appropriate reward system for pharmaceutical care services.
authors: College of Pharmacy, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-ro, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, 38541, Republic of Korea.
authors: Iyn-Hyang
authors: IH
authors: Lee
authors: College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03760, Republic of Korea.
authors: Sandy Jeong
authors: SJ
authors: Rhie
authors: College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Busandaehakro 63 Bungil 2 Geumjeong-gu, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea.
authors: Nam Kyung
authors: NK
authors: Je
authors: College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women's University, 60 Hwarang-ro 13 gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02748, Republic of Korea.
authors: Ki Yon
authors: KY
authors: Rhew
authors: College of Pharmacy, Gachon University, 191 Hambakmoe-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 13120, Republic of Korea.
authors: Eunhee
authors: E
authors: Ji
authors: College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.
authors: Jung Mi
authors: JM
authors: Oh
authors: College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea. eunilee@snu.ac.kr.
authors: Euni
authors: E
authors: Lee
authors: College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Busandaehakro 63 Bungil 2 Geumjeong-gu, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea. jyoon@pusan.ac.kr.
authors: Jeong-Hyun
authors: JH
authors: Yoon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003157:Community Pharmacy Services / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception; D024382:Professional Role; D036301:Qualitative Research; D056910:Republic of Korea; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: In-depth interview; Interdisciplinary team; Pharmaceutical care; Qualitative study; South Korea