Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy

Medication review and reconciliation is essential for optimizing drug therapy and minimizing medication errors. Large language models (LLMs) have been recently shown to possess a lot of potential applications in healthcare field due to their abilities of deductive, abductive, and logical reasoning. The present study assessed the abilities of LLMs in medication review and medication reconciliation processes.

Kannan Sridharan

Gowri Sivaramakrishnan

Unlocking the potential of advanced large language models in medication review and reconciliation: A proof-of-concept investigation

解锁先进大型语言模型在药物审查与核对中的潜力：一项概念验证研究

The Stock Visibility System (SVS) is a mobile application and web-based management tool used at public primary health care (PHC) facilities in South Africa to capture and monitor medicines availability, providing visibility at national level. Medicine stock-outs are prevalent despite the implementation of SVS, compromising patient care. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of healthcare professionals (HCPs) on the use of the SVS at PHC level to provide future guidance. A cross-sectional study using a structured self-administered questionnaire among 206 HCPs at 21 randomly selected PHC facilities located in a health district in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Closed-ended questions were used to collect data on socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge on the SVS and practices on its use. A Likert scale was used to determine attitudes towards the SVS. Cronbach's alpha (α) was used to assess the internal consistency of the questionnaire and independent samples t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test statistical difference in the mean scores for KAP and socio-demographic variables. Association between knowledge and practices, and attitude and practices was determined using odds ratios (OR) and Chi-square. The majority (99.5%) of HCPs had previous training on SVS. Nearly two thirds (62.1%; 128/206) generally had good knowledge about the SVS and 76.7% (158/206) had positive attitudes towards the SVS while only 17.0% had a good practice score. There was no statistically significant association between KAP of HCPs on the use of the SVS, and sociodemographic variables (HCP qualification, age and sex). There was a significant association between the knowledge and practice scores (aOR: 5.44; 95% CI: 1.92–15.4; p = 0.001). Although positive attitudes, was associated with good practices, it was not statistically significant (OR: 1.21; 95% CI: 0.46–3.22; p = 0.702). HCPs in this district had poor practices when using SVS despite good knowledge and positive attitudes towards SVS and the higher the HCPs knowledge of SVS, the more desirable the practices on SVS. This underscores the need for continuous training of HCPs to ensure a constant and efficient supply of medicines to meet the health needs of the population.

Hlalanathi Mbonane

Mncengeli Sibanda

Brian Godman

Johanna C. Meyer

Moliehi Matlala

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare professionals on the use of an electronic stock visibility and management tool in a middle-income country: Implications for access to medicines

中低收入国家医务人员对电子库存可视化与管理工具的使用情况、态度与实践：对药品获取的影响

William R. Doucette

Eilan Alhersh

Lindsey Ludwig

Stevie Veach

Effects of a community pharmacy cardiovascular practice transformation (CPT) program on blood pressure

社区药房心血管实践转型（CPT）项目对血压的影响

Ana I. Sánchez-Molina

Shalom I. Benrimoj

Ramon Ferri-García

Fernando Martínez-Martínez

Miguel Angel Gastelurrutia

Noelia Amador-Fernandez

Victoria Garcia-Cardenas

Bridging the gap: Enhancing pharmacist-physiscian collaboration through provided comprehensive medication reviews in the community pharmacy in Spain

弥合差距：通过在西班牙社区药房提供全面药物审查来加强药师与医生的协作

Grace Marley

Cheryl Viracola

Ainsley Bryce

Anthony Hudson

Elizabeth Locklear

Bayla Ostrach

Delesha Carpenter

Co-development of a community pharmacy training regarding fentanyl and xylazine test strips

社区药房关于芬太尼和赛拉嗪试纸条培训的共同开发

Sheng Yuan Hiew

Bee Yean Low

A systematic review of the knowledge, attitude and practice of healthcare professionals and healthcare professional students towards household pharmaceutical waste disposal

医疗专业人员及医学生对家庭药品废弃物处理的知识、态度与实践的系统综述

Saba Alyas

Rabia Hussain

Bayan Faisal Ababneh

Siew Chin Ong

Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar

Knowledge, perceptions, facilitators, and barriers towards asthma self-management among patients: A systematic review of the literature

患者对哮喘自我管理的知识、认知、促进因素及障碍：文献系统综述

Abbreviation	Explor. Res. Clin. Soc. Pharm.
Journal Impact	1.85
Quartiles(Global)	PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY(Q3)

ISSN	2667-2766
h-index	10

Publication Information	Publisher: Elsevier Inc.，Publishing cycle: ，Journal Type: journal，Open Access Journals: Yes
Basic data	Year of publication: 2021，Proportion of original research papers: ，Self Citation Rate:， Gold OA Rate:
Journal Fees	$1800Details
Average review cycle	15 weeks

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Unlocking the potential of advanced large language models in medication review and reconciliation: A proof-of-concept investigation

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare professionals on the use of an electronic stock visibility and management tool in a middle-income country: Implications for access to medicines

Effects of a community pharmacy cardiovascular practice transformation (CPT) program on blood pressure

Bridging the gap: Enhancing pharmacist-physiscian collaboration through provided comprehensive medication reviews in the community pharmacy in Spain

Co-development of a community pharmacy training regarding fentanyl and xylazine test strips

Effects of a community pharmacy cardiovascular practice transformation (CPT) program on blood pressure

Bridging the gap: Enhancing pharmacist-physiscian collaboration through provided comprehensive medication reviews in the community pharmacy in Spain

Co-development of a community pharmacy training regarding fentanyl and xylazine test strips

A systematic review of the knowledge, attitude and practice of healthcare professionals and healthcare professional students towards household pharmaceutical waste disposal

Knowledge, perceptions, facilitators, and barriers towards asthma self-management among patients: A systematic review of the literature