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- Volume 1 (Issue 2) JULY– DECEMBER 2025
Research Articles
Transitioning from Medication Supply to Holistic Patient Support: Advancing the Pharmacist’s Role in Coordinated Chronic Disease Care
Vol.1(2); Pages:1-9. Published on July-2025
Abstract
Recently, the pharmacy profession has changed from just supplying drugs to becoming involved in more broad forms of patient care. It was made possible by including advanced clinical education, having more pharmacists obtain their Pharm.D. degree, and setting up disease management as a proper healthcare tactic. Now that many pharmacists play larger roles among various types of health professionals, they assist patients with chronic illnesses, check medicines, provide information, and help improve their well-being. This document looks at how the duties of pharmacists change in team-based healthcare settings by observing their effects on topics like asthma, hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia. It also explains that community, ambulatory, and industrybased pharmacists are changing their role by collaborating, using proven treatments, and measuring the effects on people’s health.
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Pharmacist-Led Medication Reconciliation at Discharge: Effects on Readmission Rate in the Older Adults with Polypharmacy
Vol.1(2); Pages:10-18. Published on August-2025
Abstract
This was a prospective interventional study that had assessed the effects of pharmacist-driven medication reconciliation on newer pediatric patients on the rate of hospital readmission within 30 days in patients with polypharmacy aged 65 and above. One hundred and sixty patients (aged 65 years or more, who were taking 5 or more medications) were randomly allocated to either the intervention group (pharmacist reconciliation) or control group (usual care). Pharmacists responded to discharge prescriptions, reached out to community providers and counseled patients and care givers. Medication discrepancies identified 58 percent of the intervention patients and cleared before the discharge. The rate of 30-days readmission was also substantially lower in the intervention group (12.5 percent) as opposed to in the control group (26.2 percent, p = 0.018). Also, the percentage of patient satisfaction and medication adherence was larger in the intervention group. The findings indicate the positive influence of pharmacist-based initiatives in transitional care models to minimise the number of readmissions and address medication security following the outward experience.
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A Multi-Centre Study to Integrate Clinical Pharmacists into Primary Care as a Form of Chronic Disease Management
Vol.1(2); Pages:19-29. Published on September-2025
Abstract
This multi-center implementation study was aimed at assessing the effect of implementing clinical pharmacists in primary care teams as part of managing chronic diseases (diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia). Its total enrollment was 300 patients spread over six primary care clinics in Ghana and Cyprus who were tracked over a period of 6 months. Pharmacists did some medication therapy management (MTM) activities, tracked lab values, titrated medication, and collaborated with physicians. The intervention showed very good results in HbA1c (-1.2 percent), systolic blood pressure (-11.4 mmHg), and LDL-cholesterol (-18.7 mg/dL) (p < 0.01.). The performance of patient compliance improved by 22 percent, and physician satisfaction with the pharmacist cooperation was great. Such results point to the potential of incorporating pharmacists into primary care as a practice to enhance chronic disease management and outcomes in resource-scarce environments.
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Pharmaceutical interventions in telehealth-based transitional care: comparative evaluation of outcome of patients in urban and rural settings
Vol.1(2); Pages:30-39. Published on October-2025
Abstract
This prospective cohort trial assessed how much transitional care undertaken by pharmacist-led telehealth helps urban and the rural patients. One hundred and eighty (recovered) patients fitted on internal medicine wards (90 urban and 90 rural) were followed up at a length of 30 days. Under telehealth, pharmacists performed medication reconciliation, and medication adherence monitoring, and remote counseling. Findings indicated a drop of 36 percent in pharmacist disparities, and a 40 percent decrease in unnecessary readmissions of the rural patients with the assistance of the pharmacist. The same was observed with urban patients. The satisfaction of patients increased above 90 percent among both groups. These results validate the idea that telepharmacy models driven by pharmacists are very beneficial in improving transitional care as well as better management of medications and equitable provision of healthcare among both urban and rural patients.
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Multinational, prospective study on transitional pharmacist’s role in postoperative pain management: same-day surgery institutions
Vol.1(2); Pages:40-49. Published on November-2025
Abstract
In this multinational, prospective interventional study, the effects of the involvement of pharmacists in pharmaceutical supervision of postoperative pain management of patients who had undergone same-day surgeries in two tertiary care hospitals in Brazil and Japan were examined. The research involved 160 patients subject to orthopedic and general surgeries, with their clinical pharmacists offering individual discharge instructions, arranging the pain medications schedule, and calling the patient on days 1, 3, and 7 following the discharge. The outcomes revealed a significant reduction (p < 0.01) of the pain scale of the intervention group at 72 hours after the surgery, fewer unplanned emergency visits (4.3% vs 12.5%) and a higher level of analgesics prescription compliance in the intervention group compared to the control one. Such findings emphasize the necessity of the pharmacists in transitional pain care, recommending their inclusion in discharge programs of outpatient surgery in order to adequately manage pain to minimize complications.
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