The community pharmacist as an independent prescriber: A scoping review.

Background: Due to the shortage of professionals and the ever-increasing need for and demand for appointments, consultation with physicians is becoming increasingly difficult, and delays are increasing. To limit this issue, several countries have experimented with different models of independent prescribing through pharmacies.

Aim: This study aimed to analyze the contribution of independent prescribing by community pharmacists in primary care using a micro, meso, and macrolevel framework.

Reorganizing Pharmaceutical Care in Family Medicine Groups for Older Adults With or at Risk of Major Neurocognitive Disorders: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.

Background: The latest global figures show that 55 million persons lived with major neurocognitive disorders (MNCDs) worldwide in 2021. In Quebec, Canada, most of these older adults are cared for by family physicians in interdisciplinary primary care clinics such as family medicine groups (FMG). When a person has a MNCD, taking potentially inappropriate medications or polypharmacy (5 different medications or more) increases their vulnerability to serious adverse events.

[Clinical medication review in French community pharmacy: Interest of a new pharmaceutical service for detection of drug related problems].

Objective: Using clinical medication reviews, analyze the most pharmaceuticals intervention generating treatments and the problems associated.

Methods: Analysis of activity reports made by 6th year pharmaceutical students from the University of Bordeaux, class of 2017-2018.

Results: 76 % of clinical medication review have detected at least one drug related problem in the population of this study.