Introduction: Some preliminary studies that reveal the onset of risk factors not investigated previously in regard to the health system were performed. They can reduce adherence and/or persistence of pharmacological treatments. Knowledge about them can lead to possible solutions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCommunity pharmacy (CF) is daily confronted with situations that prevent the proper dispensing of medication, putting at risk the continuity of treatment by patients, which causes medication-related problems (DRPs). In this pilot study, carried out in the Principality of Asturias, the aim was to quantify the number of incidents of this type related to those aspects of the prescription that could be easily corrected by the community pharmacist through simple interventions at the time of dispensing. It was carried out in ten pharmacies in this autonomous community during normal opening hours over fifteen working days.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic, which last 2 years and still goes on, has pushed the primary health care (PC) to a current worrying situation of saturation and exhaustion. It is a community infectious disease, with a great amount of cases (around 10 million declared in January 2022) due to that, PC has made an extraordinary effort to pay attention on mild cases and on PC and to detect potentially serious cases early. Unfortunately, up to now, a global evaluation of the actions has not been carried out, in order to allow us to learn from this new experience.
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