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Health-related stakeholders’ perceptions of clinical pharmacy services in Qatar
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Springer
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020, The Author(s). Background In Qatar, the National Vision 2030 and the National Health Strategy 2018–2022 articulate the need to improve healthcare delivery by better utilisation of the skilled workforce. In this ...
Medication errors in hospitals in the Middle East: a systematic review of prevalence, nature, severity and contributory factors
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Springer
, 2019 , Article)
© 2019, The Author(s). Purpose: The aim was to critically appraise, synthesise and present the evidence of medication errors amongst hospitalised patients in Middle Eastern countries, specifically prevalence, nature, ...
An evaluation of mental health clinical pharmacist independent prescribers within general practice in remote and rural Scotland
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Springer Verlag
, 2019 , Article)
Background A 12-month pilot was implemented in two general practices in remote and rural Scotland, with patients referred by general practitioners to specialist mental health pharmacist independent prescribers. Objective ...
'If I die, I die, I don't care about my health': Perspectives on self-care of people experiencing homelessness.
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Wiley
, 2020 , Article)
Self-care, which refers to what people do to prevent disease and maintain good health, can alleviate negative health consequences of people experiencing homelessness. The aim of the study was to apply a theoretically ...
Investigating the incidence, nature, severity and potential causality of medication errors in hospital settings in Qatar
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Springer
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020, The Author(s). Background Medication errors are a major public health concern that negatively impact patient safety and health outcomes. Effective and efficient medication error reporting systems and practices are ...
Views and experiences of decision-makers on organisational safety culture and medication errors
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Wiley
, 2020 , Article)
In 2017, the World Health Organization published “Medication Without Harm, WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge,” to reduce patient harm caused by unsafe medication use practices. While the five objectives emphasise the ...
Thrombotic adverse events reported for Moderna, Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines: comparison of occurrence and clinical outcomes in the EudraVigilance database
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
Thrombotic adverse events reported for Moderna, Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines: comparison of occurrence and clinical outcomes in the EudraVigilance database
Staff and student experiences and attitudes towards smoking and smoking cessation, University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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European Publishing
, 2021 , Article)
Introduction:
Tobacco smoking causes an estimated 7 million deaths per annum with 70 thousand of those occurring in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) where the National Transformation Program highlights the need to ...
Key stakeholders' views on the potential implementation of pharmacist prescribing: A qualitative investigation.
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Article)
An accumulation of international evidence demonstrates that pharmacist prescribing is effective, safe and well-accepted. While there is potential for such development in the Middle East, the majority of published studies ...
A modified-Delphi study of a framework to support the potential implementation of pharmacist prescribing.
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
There is an extensive evidence base of the effectiveness and safety of pharmacist prescribing around the globe. There is therefore potential to develop a framework to support the implementation in Qatar to achieve the ...