An international comparison of institutions of community pharmacists-based support for people with chronic disease in developed countries

Project Gist

An international comparison of institutions of community pharmacists-based support for people with chronic disease in developed countries

Keywords

Community Pharmacy, Chronic Disease Management, Diabetes Care, International Comparison

Background and Purpose

An international comparison of institutions of community pharmacists-based support for people with chronic disease in developed countries.
Increasing medical costs with aging society are common issues in developed countries. In these Western countries, one of the solution is the scope of practices in community pharmacies. It is expanding for the disease prevention and disease management of chronic diseases such as diabetic and hypertension. To investigate the actual practice in community pharmacies in developed countries including Canada and Australia, which are engaged in advanced clinical research and practices in pharmacies, and make recommendations on pharmacies that can be implemented in Japanese pharmacies.

Project Achievements

We investigated the clinical practices and programs of the patients support by community pharmacists in Canada and Australia. And we conducted interviews with pharmacy pharmacists about their scope of practices. We also conducted questionnaire survey for community pharmacists in New Zealand, Ireland, and Japan to investigate the attitude and satisfaction of their practices in pharmacy. Regarding the support for patients with chronic diseases by pharmacy pharmacists who can be implemented in Japan, we carried out an international symposium we invited researchers from Canada, Australia, and Germany at Kyoto University and discussed our policy recommendations.

Future Prospects

Taking advantage of the network of clinical pharmacy researchers, we will develop a quality indicator (QI) for chronic disease management in pharmacies. We also will make an web program to support for clinic disease patients in community pharmacy in Japan. We would like to implement Implementation Research in cooperation with each country, such as verification of the effect of the program we develop.

Joint Research/Academic Institutions Abroad

University of Alberta, The University of Sydney, Queensland University of Technology, University College Cork, The University of Auckland, The University of Mississippi, Free University of Berlin

Principal Investigator