Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Collado-Borell, R.
• Gomis-Pastor, M.
• Rodríguez-Cabezas, MA
• Parro-Martín, A.
• Linares-Alarcón, A.
• Gutiérrez, E.
• González-Corominas, E.
• Fernández-Polo, A.
• Domínguez-Cantero, M.
• Arrondo-Velasco, A.
• Morillo-Verdugo, R.

Titel

Guide for the efficient and safe delivery of Telepharmacy

Ist Teil von

• Health policy and technology, 2024-09, Vol.13 (4), p.100899, Article 100899

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• •Few telepharmacy initiatives have been successfully implemented in clinical practice and care pathways.•The main barrier to adopting telepharmacy has been the lack of guidelines for its implementation in healthcare systems with quality guarantees and a homogeneous manner.•This study provides the clinical pharmacists collective a reference framework to promote and allocate the necessary resources in an increasingly complex healthcare environment, in which telepharmacy is an essential strategy for sustainability. This study aims to develop a guide establishing the requirements for developing and implementing telepharmacy in Hospital Pharmacy Services (HPS). A secondary objective is providing a reference frame to promote and allocate the necessary resources. The project was developed in 5 phases from May-October 2021: (1) constitution of a working team; (2) literature review; (3) semi-structured interviews using the nominal group technique (with direct communications between experts and face-to-face discussion); (4) development of online workshops to raise awareness and debate each of the aspects considered essential in the document; (5) preparation of the final document and validation by the working group. As a result of this methodology, the Guide for the Efficient and Safe Provision of Telepharmacy was obtained. This Guide proposes that pharmacists follow a Strategic Plan to develop a new telepharmacy program in an HPS under quality standards. This Strategic Plan has been structured in 4 organizational phases in which the requirements or resources necessary for its implementation are established: Strategy Phase, Planning Phase, Action Phase, and Phase of monitoring results and continuous improvement. This study provides a practical guide for hospital pharmacists and managers to develop and implement telepharmacy in an HPS with quality guarantees. The Guide provides the pharmacists collective with a reference framework to promote and allocate the necessary resources in an increasingly complex healthcare environment where telepharmacy is an essential strategy for sustainability.