Abstract
Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) require multidisciplinary care. Involving pharmacists in PAH multidisciplinary care teams may enhance patient education and improve medication use. We describe the implementation of a Pharmacist Collaborative Care Program (PCCP) in a PAH referral centre in Grenoble, France. Initiated in 2007, the PCCP program includes a pharmacist intervention whose goals are educational, psychosocial, and technical. During patient interviews, pharmacists make an ‘educational diagnosis’ and provide a patient-specific education session. Patient skills are evaluated at the end of the session. Pharmacists provide feedback to nurses and physicians through a standardized report form and discussion during medical rounds and PAH group meetings. Pharmacists re-evaluate patients’ skills every 3–6 months during multidisciplinary clinical evaluations. The PCCP program for PAH is an established practice in Grenoble and may inform future patient education programs involving pharmacists in France, where legislation has recently been passed to standardize patient education.
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Acknowledgments
We thank I. Debaty, C. Robert, E. Odin, A. Bastin, C. Chat, F. Paramelle, M. Sallée, S. Reydellet, M. Couesmes and N. Gonnet for their participation in the ETHAP training session. We also thank M. Jondot for her valuable assistance and Stephanie Harvard for editing the text.
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This work was supported by the French Society of Clinical Pharmacy. The authors are employees of the Grenoble University Hospital, which thus contributed to financing this work.
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The content of this article is the sole responsibility of the authors. P. Bedouch and M. Roustit have received financial support for research activities from drug companies including Actelion, Bioprojet, GlaxoSmithKline. P. Bedouch received fees from Actelion for participation in scientific advisory board. C. Pison and his research staff received in the last 5 years from Actelion, GSK, Pfizer, United therapeutics and Lilly fees for speaking, fees for organising education, funds for research and fees for consulting from Actelion. M. Baudrant, S. Quetant, A. Lehmann, C. Chapuis, C. Saint-Raymond and B. Allenet have no commercial association or sources of support that might pose a conflict of interest. All authors have made substantive contributions to the study, and all authors endorse the data and conclusions.
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Bedouch, P., Roustit, M., Quetant, S. et al. Development of a pharmacist collaborative care program for pulmonary arterial hypertension. Int J Clin Pharm 33, 898–901 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-011-9579-x
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