Publications by authors named "Cristina Rodriguez-Caba"
Dispensation of outpatient hospital medicines by hospital only versus hospital-community pharmacies collaboration: a cross-sectional study and survey of patient's satisfaction.
Front Public Health
May 2024
Goal: To describe the experience of a dispensing model of outpatient hospital medicines (OHM) via collaboration of hospital and community pharmacies, and to explore patient satisfaction with the strategy as compared with the hospital pharmacy only service.
Background: Patient satisfaction is an important component of the quality of health care.
Study: A new model of dispensing OHM was conducted in the Outpatients Unit of the Service of Hospital Pharmacy of Hospital del Mar, in Barcelona, Spain.
The use of pharmacogenetics to optimize pharmacotherapy is growing rapidly. This study evaluates the feasibility and operability of a collaborative circuit involving hospital and community pharmacists to implement clopidogrel pharmacogenetics in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. We aimed to enroll patients with a clopidogrel prescription from cardiologists at the collaborating hospital.
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- Skin cancer cases are rising, and community pharmacists can help with early detection and screening because they are easily accessible.
- A study was done with over 5,500 people to check their skin cancer risk factors and their habits of protecting their skin from the sun.
- The results showed that many people hadn't had a full skin checkup, and some had risk factors for skin cancer, so pharmacists were able to refer them to doctors for further evaluation.