Drug Information Needs of Health Care Professionals in Palliative Care: A Retrospective Evaluation of a Palliative Care Drug Information Service

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alina Hermann ◽  
Claudia Bausewein ◽  
Constanze Rémi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Drug Information ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Retrospective Evaluation ◽  
Drug Information Service

Characterization of Complementary and Alternative Medicine-Related Consultations in an Academic Drug Information Service

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 539-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip J. Gregory ◽  
Mohamed A. Jalloh ◽  
Andrew M. Abe ◽  
James Hu ◽  
Darren J. Hein
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Drug Information ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Therapeutic Use ◽  
Drug Information Service ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

Purpose: To characterize requests received through an academic drug information consultation service related to complementary and alternative medicines. Methods: A retrospective review and descriptive analysis of drug information consultations was conducted. Results: A total of 195 consultations related to complementary and alternative medicine were evaluated. All consultation requests involved questions about dietary supplements. The most common request types were related to safety and tolerability (39%), effectiveness (38%), and therapeutic use (34%). Sixty-eight percent of the requests were from pharmacists. The most frequent consultation requests from pharmacists were questions related to drug interactions (37%), therapeutic use (37%), or stability/compatibility/storage (34%). Nearly 60% of complementary and alternative medicine-related consultation requests were able to be completely addressed using available resources. Among review sources, Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database, Clinical Pharmacology, Micromedex, and Pharmacist’s Letter were the most common resources used to address consultations. Conclusion: Utilization of a drug information service may be a viable option for health care professionals to help answer a complementary and alternative medicine-related question. Additionally, pharmacists and other health care professionals may consider acquiring resources identified to consistently answering these questions.

Development of a Drug Information Service Collaborative in Academia

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-289
Author(s):  
Jeeseon Kim ◽  
Rebecca Hoover ◽  
Scott Perkins ◽  
Ashish Advani
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Drug Information ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Service Initiative ◽  
Based Medicine ◽  
Common Barriers ◽  
High Quality Service ◽  
Large Health Care System

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has been positively accepted by clinicians; however, there are barriers to practicing EBM that create gaps between EBM and current clinical practice. A pharmacist-led drug information (DI) service initiative was established to overcome common barriers to practicing EBM. The service utilizes technology and a collaborative model among otherwise independent academic DI centers to provide efficient high-quality service to health care professionals. It was piloted at a large health care system with positive user satisfaction. The unique technological collaborative has shown several benefits, including increased efficiency and peer learning among DI pharmacists.

Health care providers’ use of a drug information service for pregnancy-related inquiries

2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 502-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avinash S. Patil ◽  
Neelima P. Patil ◽  
Ashley N. Lewis ◽  
Geeta K. Swamy ◽  
Amy P. Murtha
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Drug Information ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Drug Information Service

Collective soul: The spirituality of an interdisciplinary palliative care team

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHANE SINCLAIR ◽  
SHELLEY RAFFIN ◽  
JOSE PEREIRA ◽  
NANCY GUEBERT
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Palliative Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Spiritual Journeys ◽  
Common Goals

Objective:Although spirituality as it relates to patients is gaining increasing attention, less is known about how health care professionals (HCP) experience spirituality personally or collectively in the workplace. This study explores the collective spirituality of an interdisciplinary palliative care team, by studying how individuals felt about their own spirituality, whether there was a shared sense of a team spirituality, how spirituality related to the care the team provided to patients and whether they felt that they provided spiritual care.Methods:A qualitative autoethnographic approach was used. The study was conducted in a 10-bed Tertiary Palliative Care Unit (TPCU) in a large acute-care referral hospital and cancer center. Interdisciplinary team members of the TPCU were invited to participate in one-to-one interviews and/or focus groups. Five interviews and three focus groups were conducted with a total of 20 participants.Results:Initially participants struggled to define spirituality. Concepts of spirituality relating to integrity, wholeness, meaning, and personal journeying emerged. For many, spirituality is inherently relational. Others acknowledged transcendence as an element of spirituality. Spirituality was described as being wrapped in caring and often manifests in small daily acts of kindness and of love, embedded within routine acts of caring. Palliative care served as a catalyst for team members' own spiritual journeys. For some participants, palliative care represented a spiritual calling. A collective spirituality stemming from common goals, values, and belonging surfaced.Significance of results:This was the first known study that focused specifically on the exploration of a collective spirituality. The culture of palliative care seems to foster spiritual reflection among health care professionals both as individuals and as a whole. While spirituality was difficult to describe, it was a shared experience often tangibly present in the provision of care on all levels.

scholarly journals Chemotherapy versus supportive care alone in pediatric palliative care for cancer: comparing the preferences of parents and health care professionals

2011 ◽  
Vol 183 (17) ◽  
pp. E1252-E1258 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Tomlinson ◽  
U. Bartels ◽  
J. Gammon ◽  
P. S. Hinds ◽  
J. Volpe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Supportive Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Pediatric Palliative Care
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