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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 ...
Critical appraisal of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines
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Springer
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020, The Author(s). Background Tobacco use is a leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of tobacco use dependence are of varied scope and quality, ...
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 ...
A Systematic Review of Instruments for the Assessment of Insomnia in Adults.
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Dove Medical Press
, 2020 , Article)
Self-reported sleep instruments remain the most practical methods for the assessment of insomnia in clinical practice. This systematic review aims to identify, describe and summarize the psychometric properties of ...
"Practice Educators' Academy": A fundamental step to experiential training success in Qatar
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2020 , Article)
Background: Experiential learning is the backbone of many healthcare professional education programs 1 , and the quality of experiential learning is dependent on the skills, experiences, and proficiency of the clinical ...
Generic medicines and biosimilars: Impact on global pharmaceutical policy
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2020 , Book chapter)
Patient access to safe and cost-effective treatment is an important goal for the healthcare system. The development of biosimilar compounds and generic medicines is interesting to the industry and society to reduce healthcare ...
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 ...
Vancomycin therapeutic drug monitoring service quality indices and clinical effectiveness outcomes: A retrospective cohort and clinical audit
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2020 , Article)
Introduction: Vancomycin is commonly used for the treatment of complicated infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The impact of vancomycin therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) quality indices on ...
The impact of pharmacist care on diabetes outcomes in primary care settings: An umbrella review of published systematic reviews
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article Review)
Objective: To systematically review published systematic reviews (SRs) examining the impact of pharmacist interventions in multidisciplinary diabetes care teams on diabetes-related clinical, humanistic, and economic outcomes ...
The effect of tailored consumer medicine information on patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A randomised controlled interventional study
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2020 , Article)
Introduction: In patients with diabetes, better health communication is associated with better health outcomes including medication adherence and glycaemic control. The conventional patient information leaflet does not ...