Pharmacy Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Pharmacy, including details on drug stores, prescriptions, health care.

Volume 3 (2007), Issue 5 (May)

1. Theory-based communication skills training for medicine counter assistants to improve consultations for non-prescription medicines.
   Med Educ, 41(5): 450-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. A method to provide integrated care for complex medically ill patients: the INTERMED.
   Nurs Health Sci, 9(2): 150-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. AZT Availability in Illinois birthing hospitals: is the perinatal HIV prevention safety net in place?
   Matern Child Health J, 11(4): 313-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Written versus oral recommendations made by pharmacy students during internal medicine rotations.
   Ann Pharmacother, 41(5): 772-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Patients' use and perception of medication information leaflets.
   Ann Pharmacother, 41(5): 777-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Providing patient care through community pharmacies in the UK: policy, practice, and research.
   Ann Pharmacother, 41(5): 861-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Agreement of diagnosis and its date for hematologic malignancies and solid tumors between medicare claims and cancer registry data.
   Cancer Causes Control, 18(5): 561-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Impact of a pharmacy resident on hospital length of stay and drug-related costs.
   Ann Pharmacother, 41(5): 742-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Aminoglycoside-based triple-antibiotic therapy versus monotherapy for children with ruptured appendicitis.
   Pediatrics, 119(5): 905-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Is syrup of ipecac still for sale? Comparison of pharmacies in a large urban area--2003 versus 2005.
    Clin Pediatr (Phila), 46(4): 320-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Pediatric microvascular reconstruction: a report from the Microvascular Committee.
    Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 136(5): 848-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. The risk of coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetic patients exposed to thiazolidinediones compared to metformin and sulfonylurea therapy.
    Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, 16(5): 504-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Guidelines for submitting adverse event reports for publication.
    Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, 16(5): 581-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Adrenal insufficiency, heart rate variability, and complex biologic systems: a study of 1,871 critically ill trauma patients.
    J Am Coll Surg, 204(5): 885-92; discussion 892-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Physicians' experiences using commercial e-prescribing systems.
    Health Aff (Millwood), 26(3): w393-404. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Influence of prescription charges on repeat prescribing in primary care.
    J Clin Pharm Ther, 32(3): 269-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Effect of a collaborative approach on the quality of prescribing for geriatric inpatients: a randomized, controlled trial.
    J Am Geriatr Soc, 55(5): 658-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Community pharmacists and tobacco in Great Britain: from selling cigarettes to smoking cessation services.
    Addiction, 102(5): 704-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Socioeconomic disadvantage and primary non-adherence with medication in Sweden.
    Int J Qual Health Care, 19(3): 134-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Performance obstacles of intensive care nurses.
    Nurs Res, 56(3): 185-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Designing and implementing a hospital-based vaccine standing orders program.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(10): 1096-102. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Medication history reconciliation by pharmacists in an inpatient behavioral health unit.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(10): 1087-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Implementing anticoagulation management by pharmacists in the inpatient setting.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(10): 1071-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Characterization of prescribing errors in an internal medicine clinic.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(10): 1062-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Evaluation of the consistency of refills for antiretroviral medications in two hospitals in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
    AIDS Care, 19(5): 617-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Use of traditional medicine by HIV-infected individuals in South Africa in the era of antiretroviral therapy.
    Psychol Health Med, 12(3): 314-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Professional implications of the expansion of pharmacy-based medical clinics.
    J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash DC), 47(3): 410-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Bedlam Community Health Clinic: a collaborative interdisciplinary health care service for the medically indigent.
    J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash DC), 47(3): 398-403. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Development and implementation of a pharmacist-managed university-based wellness center.
    J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash DC), 47(3): 390-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Campus-community pharmacy partnership to foster awareness and use of MedlinePlus.
    J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash DC), 47(3): 385-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Impact of pharmacy care services on patients' perceptions of health care quality for diabetes.
    J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash DC), 47(3): 358-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Examination of state-level changes in the pharmacist labor market using Census data.
    J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash DC), 47(3): 348-57. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Prescription drug product substitution decision support.
    J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash DC), 47(3): 328-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Market power and state costs of HIV/AIDS drugs.
    Int J Health Care Finance Econ, 7(1): 59-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Audit of tetanus prevention knowledge and practices in accident and emergency departments in England.
    Emerg Med J, 24(6): 417-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Manufacture of fine spherical granules by an extrusion/spheronization method.
    Int J Pharm, 337(1): 56-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. A refill adherence algorithm for multiple short intervals to estimate refill compliance (ReComp).
    Med Care, 45(6): 497-504. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Survey of hospitals for guidelines, policies, and protocols for anticoagulants.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(11): 1203-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Internal reporting system to improve a pharmacy's medication distribution process.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(11): 1197-202. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Educational interventions to reduce use of unsafe abbreviations.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(11): 1170-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Effectiveness of visits from community pharmacists for patients with heart failure: HeartMed randomised controlled trial.
    BMJ, 334(7603): 1098. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Effectiveness of individually tailored smoking cessation advice letters as an adjunct to telephone counselling and generic self-help materials: randomized controlled trial.
    Addiction, 102(6): 994-1000. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. The Pharmacy Diabetes Care Program: assessment of a community pharmacy diabetes service model in Australia.
    Diabet Med, 24(6): 677-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Evaluation of consultation in community pharmacies with mystery shoppers.
    Ann Pharmacother, 41(6): 1023-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Adherence to insulin and its association with glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes.
    QJM, 100(6): 345-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Providing patient care in community pharmacies: practice and research in Finland.
    Ann Pharmacother, 41(6): 1039-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Pharmacy and generic substitution of antiepileptic drugs: missing in action?
    Ann Pharmacother, 41(6): 1065-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Experiential learning as part of pharmacist supplementary prescribing training: feedback from trainees and their mentors.
    Ann Pharmacother, 41(6): 1031-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. "I haven't even phoned my doctor yet." The advice giving role of the pharmacist during consultations for medication review with patients aged 80 or more: qualitative discourse analysis.
    BMJ, 334(7603): 1101. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Pharmacy Asthma Care Program (PACP) improves outcomes for patients in the community.
    Thorax, 62(6): 496-502. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Availability and Costs of Antiepileptic Drugs and Quality of Phenobarbital in Vientiane Municipality, Lao PDR.
    Neuroepidemiology, 28(3): 169-174. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Using pharmacy data on partial adherence to inform clinical care of patients with serious mental illness.
    Psychiatr Serv, 58(6): 864-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Potentially inappropriate prescribing among Australian veterans and war widows/widowers.
    Intern Med J, 37(6): 402-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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