Knowledge, Perceptions, and Readiness of Telepharmacy among Hospital Pharmacists in Saudi Arabia

Telepharmacy is a technology-based service that provides promoted services such as counseling, medication administration and compounding, drug therapy monitoring, and prescription review. It is unclear whether hospital pharmacists possess the necessary knowledge, attitudes, and willingness to practi...

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Published in:Healthcare (Basel) 2023-04, Vol.11 (8), p.1087
Main Authors: Ahmed, Nehad J, Almalki, Ziyad S, Alsawadi, Asmaa H, Alturki, Abdulmohsen A, Bakarman, Abdulaziz H, Almuaddi, Alwaleed M, Alshahrani, Saeed M, Alanazi, Meshari B, Alshehri, Ahmed M, Albassam, Ahmed A, Alahmari, Abdullah K, Alem, Ghada M, Aldosari, Saad A, Alamer, Ahmad A
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Language:English
Subjects:
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Clinical competence
COVID-19
Drug stores
Employees
Hospital pharmacies
Patient compliance
Perceptions
Pharmacists
Pharmacy
Practice
Prescription writing
Surveys
Telemedicine
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Summary:Telepharmacy is a technology-based service that provides promoted services such as counseling, medication administration and compounding, drug therapy monitoring, and prescription review. It is unclear whether hospital pharmacists possess the necessary knowledge, attitudes, and willingness to practice telepharmacy. The current study sought to investigate Saudi Arabian hospital pharmacists' understanding, attitudes, and level of preparedness for telepharmacy services. A total of 411 pharmacists responded to the survey. Only 43.33% of the respondents agreed that telepharmacy is available in Saudi Arabia and 36.67% of the respondents agreed that patients in rural areas can have more medication access and information via telepharmacy. Only 29.33% of pharmacists agreed that telepharmacy improves patient medication adherence, and about 34.00% of the pharmacists agreed that telepharmacy saves patients money and time by eliminating the need for them to travel to healthcare facilities. This research found that hospital pharmacists were unsure of their level of knowledge, their attitude toward telepharmacy, and their willingness to incorporate it into their future pharmacy practices. To ensure that tomorrow's pharmacists have the skills they need to provide telepharmacy services, telepharmacy practice models must be incorporated into the educational programs that prepare them.
ISSN:2227-9032
2227-9032
DOI:10.3390/healthcare11081087