Open AccessPharmacists’ perspectives on the value of reason for use information
Author(s) -
Colin Whaley,
Ashley Bancsi,
Catherine M. Burns,
Kelly Grindrod
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
canadian pharmacists journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.468
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1913-701X
pISSN - 1715-1635
DOI - 10.1177/1715163520946052
Subject(s) - pharmacist , medical prescription , inclusion (mineral) , pharmacy , thematic analysis , family medicine , medicine , affect (linguistics) , quality (philosophy) , pharmaceutical care , medical education , nursing , psychology , qualitative research , social psychology , social science , philosophy , communication , epistemology , sociology
The indication for a particular medication, or its reason for use (RFU), is important information for prescribers, pharmacists and patients but is not often communicated in writing from prescribers to pharmacists. Adding RFU to a prescription and a medication label would ensure that pharmacists are confident that they are providing high-quality, accurate patient care. This study aims to describe the perspectives of pharmacists on how receiving RFU from prescribers would affect their practice and how pharmacists putting this information on prescriptions would affect patients.