Evaluation of a community-based memory clinic in collaboration with local hospitals to support patients with memory decline.

Objective: This study evaluates the role of a specialised and multidisciplinary healthcare team, including a pharmacist, in providing medication management for patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia, in a memory clinic.

Methods: The study analysed the dataset of 102 patients of a geriatric and memory clinic in a rural area of Ontario, Canada. The case histories of the patients were reviewed a week before the clinic day and a pharmacist performed medication reconciliations.

Impact of an educational training program on pharmacists' documentation practice at a teaching hospital.

Objectives: This study aims to determine the impact of an educational training program on the quantity and quality of the pharmacists' documentation practice at the Winchester District Memorial Hospital.

Methods: This study is a part of an evaluation for continuous quality improvement, performed applying a pre- and post-test model. The primary endpoint was the number of Pharmacists' Patient-Care Records in patient charts with the listed action codes.