| Informational needs of general practitioners regarding discharge medication: content, timing and pharmacotherapeutic advice. | |
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PMID: 20077139 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the needs of Dutch general practitioners on discharge medication, both regarding content, timing and the appreciation of pharmacotherapeutic advice from clinical pharmacists. SETTING: A general teaching hospital in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. METHOD: A prospective observational study was performed. A questionnaire with regard to the content, optimal timing (including way of information transfer) and appreciation of pharmacotherapeutic advice was posted to 464 general practitioners. One reminder was sent. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Description of the needs of general practitioners was assessed. For each question and categories of comments frequency tables were made. The Fisher-exact test was used to study associations between the answers to the questions. RESULTS: In total, 149 general practitioners (32%) responded. Most general practitioners (75%) experienced a delay in receiving discharge medication information and preferred to receive this on the day of discharge. GPs wished to receive this information mainly through e-mail (44%). There was a significant correlation (P = 0.002) between general practitioners who wanted to know whether and why medication had been stopped (87%) and changed (88%) during hospital admission. The general practitioners (88%) appreciated pharmacotherapeutic advice from clinical pharmacists. CONCLUSION: This study indicates how information transfer on discharge medication to GPs can be optimised in the Netherlands. The information arrives late and GPs want to be informed on the day of discharge mainly by e-mail. GPs wish to know why medication is changed or discontinued and appreciate pharmacotherapeutic advice from clinical pharmacists. |
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Authors:
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Fatma Karapinar; Patricia M L A van den Bemt; Jan Zoer; Giel Nijpels; Sander D Borgsteede |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-01-14 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Pharmacy world & science : PWS Volume: 32 ISSN: 1573-739X ISO Abbreviation: Pharm World Sci Publication Date: 2010 Apr |
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Created Date: 2010-03-22 Completed Date: 2010-06-16 Revised Date: 2010-09-27 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9307352 Medline TA: Pharm World Sci Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 172-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Sint Lucas Andreas Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. |
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Communication* Continuity of Patient Care / organization & administration* Electronic Mail Hospitals, Teaching / organization & administration Humans Patient Discharge* Pharmacy Service, Hospital / organization & administration Physicians, Family* Prescription Drugs* Prospective Studies Time Factors |
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