Exploring the time required by pharmacists to prepare discharge medicine lists: a time-and-motion study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND  : Discharge medicine lists provide patients, carers and primary care providers a summary of new, changed or ceased medicines when patients discharge from hospital. Hospital pharmacists play an important role in preparing these lists although this process is time consuming. AIM  : To measure the time required by hospital pharmacists to complete the various tasks involved in discharge medicine handover. METHOD  : Time-and-motion study design was used to (1) determine the time involved for pharmacists to produce discharge medicine lists, (2) explore how pharmacists utilise various software programs to prepare lists, and (3) compare the time involved in discharge medicine handover processes considering confounding factors. An independent observer shadowed 16 pharmacists between 22

SUBMITTER: Gjone H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9243950 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature