Connecting Pharmacists and Other Health Care Providers (HCPs) towards Drug Therapy Optimization: A Pharmaceutical Care Approach

Table 2

HCPs assessment of services during prepharmacistand postpharmacist-led interventions (N = 50).

Statements	Percentage agreement
	Preintervention, N (%)	Postintervention, N (%)	value, N (%)
Do clinical pharmacy services help in improving patients’ health?	12 (23.5)	50 (100)	<0.001
Pharmaceutical care services address patients’ drug needs and problems	20 (39.2)	43 (84.3)	<0.001
Pharmacists help to optimize patients’ drug therapy with other HCPs	14 (27.7)	45 (88.2)	<0.001
Pharmacists should give reliable drug information to HCPs	5 (9.8)	45 (88.2)	<0.001
Pharmacists should counsel patients on the appropriate use of drugs	22 (43.1)	49 (96)	<0.001
Pharmacists should give cost-effective alternatives whenever required	22 (43.1)	38 (74.5)	<0.001
A pharmacist can help in minimizing medication errors in the ward	15 (51)	49 (96)	<0.001
Pharmacists can help in improving the quality of patient care in the ward	20 (39.2)	50 (100)	<0.001
A pharmacist can help as facilitator among HCPs and patients	12 (23.5)	50 (100)	<0.001
HCPs will accept the involvement of pharmacists in the drug and disease management of patients	10 (19.6)	50 (100)	<0.001