Optimal Management of the Public and Patients by Pharmacists in the Era of COVID-19: An Evidence-Based Review and Practical Recommendations

Purpose: Currently, managing the public and patients during the COVID-19 pandemic is constituting a health care challenge worldwide. Patient-oriented management is of crucial importance to promote emergency preparedness and response. This study aims to formulate an integrated pharmacist management strategy of the public and patients and to provide evidence-based and practical references.Methods: Evidence-based review and practical analysis were utilized. First, PubMed, EMBASE and Chinese database were searched. Studies about patient management in major public health emergencies were included. Second, the Chinese experience of patient management was analyzed and identified. Finally, combining evidence-based and practical analysis, the pharmacist management strategy of the public and patients was researched and summarized.Results: Regarding the home quarantine period, pharmacist management services should include medication guidance, guidance on risk monitoring, sanitation measures education, health management guidance and psychological support. Regarding the outpatient visit period, pharmacists should participate in the control of in-hospital infections and provide physician-pharmacist joint clinic services, pharmacy clinic services, medication therapy management, medication consultation services, drug supply guarantee and drug dispensing services. Regarding the hospitalization period, pharmacist management services should include monitoring and evaluating the safety and efficacy of medications, providing strengthened care for special populations and other pharmaceutical care. For non-hospitalized or discharged patients, pharmacist management services should include formulating medication materials and establishing pharmacy management files for discharged patients.Conclusion: An evidence-based, patient-centered and entire-process-integrated pharmacist management strategy of the public and patients is established, which remedies the gaps in the existing patient management and can be implemented to support pharmacists' contributions to COVID-19 pandemic control.

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Men's perception and understanding of male-factor infertility in the UK

British Journal of Nursing ◽

10.12968/bjon.2021.30.9.s8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 30 (9) ◽

pp. S8-S16

Author(s):

Eleanor L Stevenson ◽

Cheng Ching-Yu ◽

Chang Chia-Hao ◽

Kevin R McEleny

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Emotional Support ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Male Fertility ◽

Public Knowledge ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Male Factor Infertility ◽

Male Factor ◽

The Public ◽

The Uk

Male-factor infertility is a common but stigmatised issue, and men often do not receive the emotional support and the information they need. This study sought to understand awareness of male fertility issues compared to female fertility among the UK general male public, and also what were perceived as being the optimum methods for providing support for affected men, emotionally and through information. Men feel that male infertility is not discussed by the public as much as female infertility. Lifestyle issues that affect male fertility are not well understood, and men affected by infertility desire more support, including online, from health professionals and through peer support. Health professionals, including those in public health, could offer evidence-based programmes to reduce stigma and increase public knowledge about infertility, as well as offer emotional support to men with infertility problems.

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Moving an Evidence-Based Policy Agenda Forward: Leadership Tips From the Field

NASN School Nurse ◽

10.1177/1942602x18766481 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 158-159 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Teresa Garrett

Keyword(s):

Change Process ◽

Nursing Profession ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Policy Agenda ◽

Policy Changes ◽

The Public ◽

Leverage Point ◽

Evidence Based Policy ◽

The Individual ◽

Improve Health

Advancing evidence-based policy change is a leadership challenge that nurses should embrace. Key tips to ensure that evidence-based policy changes are successful at the individual, community, and population levels are offered to help nurses through the change process. The public trust in the nursing profession is a leverage point that should be used to advance the use of evidence, expedite change, and improve health for students and across communities.

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Susac syndrome and pregnancy: a review of published cases and considerations for patient management

Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders ◽

10.1177/1756286420981352 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 ◽

pp. 175628642098135

Author(s):

Barbara Willekens ◽

Ilka Kleffner

Keyword(s):

Hearing Loss ◽

Family Planning ◽

Postpartum Period ◽

Management Strategy ◽

Patient Management ◽

Treatment Options ◽

Young Females ◽

Susac Syndrome ◽

Retinal Artery

Susac syndrome (SuS) is a rare autoimmune endotheliopathy leading to hearing loss, branch retinal artery occlusions and encephalopathy. Young females are more frequently affected than males, making counselling for family planning an important issue. We reviewed published cases on SuS during pregnancy or in the postpartum period, and selected 27 reports describing the details of 33 patients with SuS. Treatment options and implications for pregnancy and breastfeeding are discussed. We propose new areas for research and suggest a management strategy.

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Transfer Entails Communication: The Public Understanding of (Social) Science as a Stage and a Play for Implementing Evidence-Based Prevention Knowledge and Programs

Prevention Science ◽

10.1007/s11121-016-0686-8 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 347-357 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Rainer Bromme ◽

Andreas Beelmann

Keyword(s):

Social Science ◽

Public Understanding ◽

Evidence Based ◽

The Public

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18.H. Workshop: Bringing evidence during public health emergencies: addressing the challenge through HTA

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.941 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽

Author(s):

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Decision Making ◽

Emergency Preparedness ◽

Public Health Emergency ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Public Health Emergencies ◽

Response Planning ◽

Emergency Preparedness And Response ◽

Public Health Emergency Preparedness

Abstract Evidence-based decision-making is central to public health. Implementing evidence-informed actions is most challenging during a public health emergency as in an epidemic, when time is limited, scientific uncertainties and political pressures tend to be high, and irrefutable evidence may be lacking. The process of including evidence in public health decision-making and for evidence-informed policy, in preparation, and during public health emergencies, is not systematic and is complicated by many barriers as the absences of shared tools and approaches for evidence-based preparedness and response planning. Many of today's public health crises are also cross-border, and countries need to collaborate in a systematic and standardized way in order to enhance interoperability and to implement coordinated evidence-based response plans. To strengthen the impact of scientific evidence on decision-making for public health emergency preparedness and response, it is necessary to better define mechanisms through which interdisciplinary evidence feeds into decision-making processes during public health emergencies and the context in which these mechanisms operate. As a multidisciplinary, standardized and evidence-based decision-making tool, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) represents and approach that can inform public health emergency preparedness and response planning processes; it can also provide meaningful insights on existing preparedness structures, working as bridge between scientists and decision-makers, easing knowledge transition and translation to ensure that evidence is effectively integrated into decision-making contexts. HTA can address the link between scientific evidence and decision-making in public health emergencies, and overcome the key challenges faced by public health experts when advising decision makers, including strengthening and accelerating knowledge transfer through rapid HTA, improving networking between actors and disciplines. It may allow a 360° perspective, providing a comprehensive view to decision-making in preparation and during public health emergencies. The objective of the workshop is to explore and present how HTA can be used as a shared and systematic evidence-based tool for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response, in order to enable stakeholders and decision makers taking actions based on the best available evidence through a process which is systematic and transparent. Key messages There are many barriers and no shared mechanisms to bring evidence in decision-making during public health emergencies. HTA can represent the tool to bring evidence-informed actions in public health emergency preparedness and response.

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