Ronnie F Tsang Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Drug Prescriptions, Outpatients, Pharmacy Service, Pharmacists, Hospitals
Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacist, United Christian Hospital, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, China.
Ronnie F Tsang belonging to the Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacist, intrested in the field of Pharmacists, Hospitals, Pharmacy Service, Outpatients, Drug Prescriptions, Workflow from United Christian Hospital, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, China.
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Wilson W Chu, Eugene Leung, Ronnie F Tsang, Shirley W Yip, Jacob K So, Kathy H Fung, Zac Wong, Jessica Chan and Charles Lo
Objective: The primary objective of this study is to investigate the impact on pharmacists’ pre-prescription vetting advanced screening on the effectiveness of identifying drug-related problems (DRPs). The aim is to evaluate the impact of the pharmacists’ pre-vetting advanced screening on the enhancement of dispensing workflow and to reduce unnecessary uplication of effort in the dispensing procedures.
Methods: This is a prospective interventional cohort study, with a control group, carried out in United Christian Hospital Hong Kong. In the control arm, all prescriptions were processed according to the standard procedures from 19th June to 06th July 2020. In the intervention arm, it involved a workflow re-engineering having two clinical pharmacists to s... view moreĀ»