From “retailers” to health care providers: transforming the role of community pharmacists in chronic disease management

E Mossialos, E Courtin, H Naci, S Benrimoj, M Bouvy… - Health policy, 2015 - Elsevier
Community pharmacists are the third largest healthcare professional group in the world after
physicians and nurses. Despite their considerable training, community pharmacists are the …

Non‐medical prescribing versus medical prescribing for acute and chronic disease management in primary and secondary care

G Weeks, J George, K Maclure… - Cochrane Database of …, 2016 - cochranelibrary.com
Background A range of health workforce strategies are needed to address health service
demands in low‐, middle‐and high‐income countries. Non‐medical prescribing involves …

Perceptions of pharmacists' roles in the era of expanding scopes of practice

TJ Schindel, N Yuksel, R Breault, J Daniels… - Research in Social and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Alberta was the first province in Canada to enact legislative changes to permit
expansion of pharmacists' scope of practice, including allowing pharmacists to prescribe …

Barriers to pharmacist prescribing: a scoping review comparing the UK, New Zealand, Canadian and Australian experiences

M Zhou, J Desborough, A Parkinson… - … Journal of Pharmacy …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Non-medical prescribers, including pharmacists, have been found to achieve
comparable clinical outcomes with doctors for certain health conditions. Legislation …

Pharmacist non‐medical prescribing in primary care. A systematic review of views, opinions, and attitudes

T Mills, N Patel, K Ryan - International journal of clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Uptake of non‐medical prescribing by pharmacists working in primary care has
been slow. This is despite benefits such as quicker and more efficient access to medicines …

Competence and confidence with prescribing in pharmacy and medicine: a scoping review

C Woit, N Yuksel, TL Charrois - International Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Prescribing is a growing scope of practice for pharmacists. The objective of this
scoping review is to explore themes within the literature related to prescribing competence …

Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of pharmacist input at the ward level: a systematic review and meta-analysis

DM Dawoud, M Smyth, J Ashe, T Strong… - Research in Social and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Pharmacists play important role in ensuring timely care delivery at the ward
level. The optimal level of pharmacist input, however, is not clearly defined. Objective To …

The development of a role description and competency map for pharmacists in an interprofessional care setting

H Benson, C Lucas, SI Benrimoj… - International journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Pharmacists are increasingly being included as members of general practice
primary care teams. To date, there have been few published studies describing the …

[HTML][HTML] Community pharmacists' evolving role in Canadian primary health care: a vision of harmonization in a patchwork system

T Raiche, R Pammett, S Dattani… - Pharmacy Practice …, 2020 - SciELO Espana
Canada's universal public health care system provides physician, diagnostic, and hospital
services at no cost to all Canadians, accounting for approximately 70% of the 264 billion …

Barriers and enablers to integrating mental health into primary care: a policy analysis

A Durbin, J Durbin, JM Hensel, R Deber - The journal of behavioral health …, 2016 - Springer
Integrating care for physical health and behavioural health (mental health and addictions)
has been a longstanding challenge, although research supports the clinical and cost …