Clinical Pharmacy

Engineering love

by Brian Earp

Savulescu, J. and Sandberg, A. (2012). Love machine: Engineering lifelong romance. New Scientist, 2864, 28-29.

Essay partially adapted from Earp, B. D., Sandberg, A., and Savulescu, J. (2012). Natural selection, childrearing, and the ethics of marriage (and divorce): Building a case for the neuroenhancement of human relationships. Philosophy & Technology, forthcoming [see "profile" box in article].

Available at the New Scientist website: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428646.200-love-machine-engineering-lifelong-romance.html

New Scientist BIG IDEA section, May 2012.

With break-up and divorce a major part of modern life, it looks... more New Scientist BIG IDEA section, May 2012.

With break-up and divorce a major part of modern life, it looks like we may be outliving our inborn capacity to love. But there could be a way to outwit evolution and make love last.

Also available at New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428646.200-love-machine-engineering-lifelong-romance.html.

Pharmaceutical interventions on prescription problems in a Danish pharmacy setting

by Anton Pottegård

Is pharmacist-led medication review effective for chronic pain management among adult patients? A systematic review

by Muhammad Abdul Hadi

Michelle Briggs, David Alldred and S.Jose Closs

Understanding the attitudes of hospital pharmacists to reporting medication incidents: a qualitative study

by Denham Phipps

Williams, S.D., Phipps, D.L., & Ashcroft, D.M. (in press). Understanding the attitudes of hospital pharmacists to reporting medication incidents: a qualitative study. To appear in Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy.

Background:
The attitudes of doctors, nurses and midwives to reporting errors in healthcare have been extensively... more Background:
The attitudes of doctors, nurses and midwives to reporting errors in healthcare have been extensively studied but there is very limited literature considering pharmacists’ attitudes to medication error reporting schemes, in particular in hospitals.

Objectives:
To explore and understand the attitudes of hospital pharmacists to reporting medication incidents.

Methods:
Focus groups were conducted with a total of 17 hospital pharmacists from four purposively sampled hospitals in the North West of England. The recordings of the focus groups were transcribed verbatim and subject to thematic analysis using a framework analysis approach.

Results:
Pharmacists agreed that the high prevalence of medication errors, especially prescribing errors of omission, has led to an acceptance of not using hospital reporting systems. There were different personal thresholds for reporting medication errors but pharmacists agreed that the severity of any patient harm was the primary reporting driver. Hospital pharmacists had specific anxieties about the effects of reporting on inter-professional working relationships with doctors and nurses, but felt more confident to report if they had previously witnessed positive feedback and system change following an error.
Existing reporting forms were considered too cumbersome and time consuming to complete as pharmacists felt the need to find and record every possible detail.

Conclusions:
Hospital pharmacists understood the importance of reporting medication incidents but due to the high number of errors they encounter do not report them as often as may be expected. The decision to report was a complex process that depended on the severity of patient harm, anxieties about harming inter-professional relationships, prior experience of the outcomes from reporting and the perceived effort required to use reporting forms.

Lamoure J. Collaborative Patient Centered Care Model (CPCCM): Applicability to Bioequivalence.- (Oral Presentation and Abstract)

by Dr. Joel Lamoure

Lamoure J. Collaborative Patient Centered Care Model (CPCCM): Applicability to Bioequivalence. (Oral Presentation and... more Lamoure J. Collaborative Patient Centered Care Model (CPCCM): Applicability to Bioequivalence. (Oral Presentation and Abstract). Presented at Canadian Pharmacists Association 99th Annual Conference Montreal, Quebec, Canada. May 30,2011

Rationale of Combining More than One Antipsychotic in a LTC/Nursing Home Patient at Same Time

by Dr. Joel Lamoure

Lamoure J.  Rationale of Combining More than One Antipsychotic in a LTC/Nursing Home Patient at Same Time .... more Lamoure J.  Rationale of Combining More than One Antipsychotic in a LTC/Nursing Home Patient at Same Time . Canadian Healthcare Network ATE Panel. October, 2011. http://www.canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/pharmacists/discussions/the-experts/mental-health

Lamoure J., Stovel J. A Pharmacists Overview of Alcohol Dependence. Pharmacy Practice 2011; 27(8) CE1-CE10

by Dr. Joel Lamoure

Lamoure J., Stovel J. A Pharmacists Overview of Alcohol Dependence. Pharmacy Practice 2011; 27(8) CE1-CE10

Lamoure J., Stovel J. A Pharmacists Overview of Alcohol Dependence. Pharmacy Practice 2011; 27(8) CE1-CE10 Lamoure J., Stovel J. A Pharmacists Overview of Alcohol Dependence. Pharmacy Practice 2011; 27(8) CE1-CE10

Spotlight on the Low Dose Rosiglitazone/Metformin Combination In Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes

by Muhammad Abdul Hadi

Primary Prevention for Cardiovascular Diseases: Can Statins Replace Aspirin?

by Muhammad Abdul Hadi