Hospital pharmacy initiatives for improving the management of patients with congenital coagulopathies.

Objective: To identify and promote initiatives aimed at improving the management by hospital pharmacists of patients with congenital  coagulopathies in the Spanish healthcare context.

Method: A series of initiatives to improve the care of patients with congenital coagulopathies were identified, evaluated, and prioritized by a panel of hospital pharmacists. Prioritization was based on an assessment of each  initiative's impact and feasibility on a scale of 1 to 5. Once initiatives were  prioritized, those assigned the highest priority were grouped into three action  areas.

Results: Seven areas of activity were identified in which the role of hospital  pharmacists is key for the management of patients with congenital coagulopathies: coordination with the healthcare team; drug  evaluation and selection; dispensing; patient information and education;  pharmacotherapeutic follow-up; research and innovation in the field of  congenital coagulopathies; and capacity-building and training of hospital  pharmacists. Fifteen initiatives were considered a priority, with an average  impact score ≥ 3.8 and a feasibility score ≥ 3.2. A total of, 29.4% of the  prioritized initiatives corresponded to healthcare, 23.5% to patient information  and education, 11.8% to drug evaluation and selection, 11.8% to  phar macotherapeutic monitoring, 11.8% to cross-sectional initiatives, 5.9% to dispensing and 5.9% to research and innovation in the field of congenital coagulopathies: In contrast, initiatives related to capacity-building and training were not prioritized.

Conclusions: Three main action areas were proposed based on the initiatives  identified as high priority for the management of patients with congenital  coagulopathies by a panel of 16 hospital pharmacists. Action areas revolved  around specific activities that hospital pharmacy departments can undertake to  contribute to improving the healthcare situation in Spain.