Academic Detailing is a Preferred Knowledge Update Tool Among Norwegian Pharmacists to Improve Antibiotic Counseling: Results From a Quantitative Study Employing the Provider Satisfaction With Academic Detailing (PSAD) and the Detailer Assessment of Visit Effectiveness (DAVE) Tools.

Excessive and incorrect use of antibiotics contributes to the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Given that pharmacists act as final checkpoint before antibiotics is handled over to patients, they play a crucial role in promoting proper antibiotic use and ensuring treatment adherence. However, there is often a gap between the patients' needs and perceptions, and what the pharmacists provide.

Access to a tailored mobile application enhances medication adherence among young users of antidepressants.

Introduction: Patients' adherence to antidepressants is generally reported to be poor. This study examined whether users of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) enhance medication adherence following access to a mobile application (app) tailored for this patient group. The study addresses the implementation phase of medication adherence.

Exploring patients' adherence to antibiotics by understanding their health knowledge and relational communication in encounters with pharmacists and physicians.

Background: Antibiotics are drugs essential for the treatment of bacterial infections. Widespread and often improper use of antibiotics are driving the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) globally. A better understanding of the communicated and understood use of antibiotics as well as improved adherence to treatments are needed to meet this public health threat.

Positioning of community pharmacists in interactions with general practitioners and patients regarding prescribing and using antibiotics.

Interprofessional collaboration between general practitioners (GPs) and community pharmacists (CPs) is important for ensuring antibiotics are used correctly and combating antibiotic resistance. The study's main objective was to investigate how CPs, GPs and patients, respectively, position CPs in their interactions with patients on antibiotic-related matters in Norwegian pharmacies. Seven focus-group interviews were performed.

Development and validation of a new non-disease-specific survey tool to assess self-reported adherence to medication.

Patients' non-adherence to medication affects both patients themselves and healthcare systems. Consequences include higher mortality, worsening of disease, patient injuries, and increased healthcare costs. Many existing survey tools for assessing adherence are linked to specific diseases and assessing medication-taking behavior or identifying barriers or beliefs.

Improving hospital bed utilisation through simulation and optimisation: with application to a 40% increase in patient volume in a Norwegian General Hospital.

Purpose: This paper analyses the problem of allocating beds among hospital wards in order to minimise crowding.

Method: We present a generic discrete event simulation model of patient flow through the wards of a hospital. In the generic model, each ward can have separate probability distributions for arrival times and length of stay, which may be time dependent.