Research Insights
The Research Insights section focuses on the latest breakthroughs in medicine and science, as well as the laboratory works around the world. Research insights directly from these labs add tremendous value to our readers.
Evaluation of retail pharmacists' perception on patient safety
Patient safety has become a focus of clinical care and research in recent years However the potential for medical care to cause harm has been appreciated throughout the history of medicine The safety culture of an organization is the product of individual and group values attitudes perceptions competencies and patterns of behavior that determine t...
Qualitative study to conceptualise a model of interprofessional collaboration between pharmacists and general practitioners to support patients' adherence to medication
Abstract Objectives Pharmacists and general practitioners GPs face an increasing expectation to collaborate interprofessionally on a number of healthcare issues including medication nonadherence This study aimed to propose a model of interprofessional collaboration within the context of identifying and improvi
Using the Consumer Experience with Pharmacy Services Survey as a quality metric for ambulatory care pharmacies: older adults' perspectives
Abstract Objectives To describe older adults perceptions of evaluating and comparing pharmacies based on the Consumer Experience with Pharmacy Services Survey CEPSS describe older adults perceived importance of the CEPSS and its specific domains and explore older adults perceptions of the i
Consumer concerns about paracetamol: a retrospective analysis of a medicines call centre
Abstract Objectives To identify consumer information needs about paracetamol the most commonly used analgesic and antipyretic worldwide Design Retrospective analysis of medicines questions from the public Set
When procedures meet practice in community pharmacies: qualitative insights from pharmacists and pharmacy support staff
main themes were identified According to the dissemination and creation of standard operating procedures theme community pharmacy staff were required to follow a large amount of procedures as part of their work
General understanding on physical stability of pharmaceutical glasses
Although amorphous solid dispersion is one of the most important formulation technologies for poorly soluble drugs the number of marketed oral amorphous formulations is still limited
Electrochemical studies for the determination of an antibiotic drug, D-cycloserine, in pharmaceutical and human biological samples
Abstract An antibiotic drug Dcycloserine CYS in phosphate buffer at different pH values was electrochemically studied using a gold electrode A wellresolved irreversible diffusioncontrolled voltammetric peak was obtained at V in a pH phosphate buffer solution with an ionic strength of M The experimental conditions such as the solution pH
Factors to consider in developing individual pharmaceutical product quality risk profiles useful to government procurement agencies
Abstract Governments that procure pharmaceutical products from an Essential Medicine List EML bear special responsibility for the quality of these products In this article we examine the possibility of developing a pharmaceutical product quality risk assessment scheme for use by government procurement officials We use the Chinese EML as a basis an...
Pharmaceutical interfaces: Drug development, performance, regulation and e-health
Interfaces play a crucial role in bioactive delivery impacting stability and various other aspects This presentation delves into different interfaces within the delivery system including those with body tissues
Relation between safe use of medicines and Clinical Pharmacy Services at Pediatric Intensive Care Units
The implementation of Clinical Pharmacy Services CPS in healthcare has gained recognition as the standard of care Endorsed by prestigious organizations such as the Joint Commission International
