Non-dispensing pharmacists' actions and solutions of drug therapy problems among elderly polypharmacy patients in primary care.
Hazen ACM, Zwart DLM, Poldervaart JM, et al. Non-dispensing pharmacists' actions and solutions of drug therapy problems among elderly polypharmacy patients in primary care. Fam Pract. 2019;36(5):544-551. doi:10.1093/fampra/cmy114.
This cross-sectional study examined how and to what extent non-dispensing pharmacists embedded in a general practice reported solving medication problems through clinical medication reviews in an elderly cohort of patients. The reviews identified 1,292 drug therapy problems, citing overtreatment most frequently (24%) followed by undertreatment (21%) errors. Integrating non-dispensing pharmacists into general practice may help identify and solve drug therapy problems in the elderly in this setting.