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The impact of clinical pharmacy intervention in a psychiatric hospital
Author(s) -
Dorevitch A.,
Perl E.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.622
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1365-2710
pISSN - 0269-4727
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2710.1996.89575895.x
Subject(s) - pharmacist , medicine , clinical pharmacy , pharmacy , psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , family medicine , pharmaceutical care , psychiatry
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.