Anna Iybar, Georg Hempel, Isabell Waltering, Stefan Maierhoefer
{"title":"Feasibility study on the implementation of therapeutic drug monitoring of antidepressants and antipsychotics in nursing homes","authors":"Anna Iybar, Georg Hempel, Isabell Waltering, Stefan Maierhoefer","doi":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100758","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100758","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73003,"journal":{"name":"Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100758"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149153461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gabriel Rediker, Cathrin Vogt, Kire Trajkov, Michael Metzner, Viktoria Wurmbach, Hanna Seidling, AG Forschungskompetenz
{"title":"Development and preliminary evaluation of an online learning platform to establish a research network for community pharmacies in Germany","authors":"Gabriel Rediker, Cathrin Vogt, Kire Trajkov, Michael Metzner, Viktoria Wurmbach, Hanna Seidling, AG Forschungskompetenz","doi":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100779","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100779","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73003,"journal":{"name":"Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100779"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149153860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kieran Dalton, Ciara Kenny, Maeve Culhane, Robert Callaghan
{"title":"Community pharmacists’ views on the implementation of a national electronic prescription transfer system to pharmacies: A cross-sectional survey","authors":"Kieran Dalton, Ciara Kenny, Maeve Culhane, Robert Callaghan","doi":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100826","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100826","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Legislation was implemented in Ireland in April 2020 to permit electronic prescription transfer (EPT) from prescribers directly to pharmacies using a national secure email system (Healthmail). With a clear need to assess how this initiative affected patient care delivery, this study aimed to evaluate community pharmacists' views of EPT to pharmacies via Healthmail.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A cross-sectional online survey was disseminated via email in November 2020 to all Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland pharmacist registrants with ‘community pharmacy’ as their practice area (<em>n</em> = 3780). Descriptive statistics were performed on closed-ended questions. Free-text comments underwent conventional content analysis.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>From 494 responses, most agreed it was an efficient and convenient method of prescription transfer (89.7%), 81.8% agreed it had successfully integrated into dispensary workflow, and 75.8% preferred receiving prescriptions in this way compared to other methods. While 94.7% agreed it was a positive step for pharmacy practice, key points from the open comments included concerns with identifying the sender of prescriptions and the need to better manage patient expectations on prescription processing times. The majority believed that patients did not have enough information about Healthmail (70.5%) and 63.2% perceived that it has led to patients feeling less involved in the decision-making related to their care.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>This study indicates that pharmacists were mostly positive about the national introduction of EPT to pharmacies, while also perceiving concerns regarding its potential negative impact on patients' medication management. Further guidance for all stakeholders should be considered a high priority when implementing EPT to achieve best practices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":73003,"journal":{"name":"Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100826"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148854014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Sureda Rosich, Antonio J. Braza, Silvia López Alaiz, Margarita Aguas Compaired, Cecilia F. Lastra, Eduardo L. Mariño, Pilar Modamio
{"title":"Assessment of medication literacy and its association with health-related quality of life in the Spanish population","authors":"Maria Sureda Rosich, Antonio J. Braza, Silvia López Alaiz, Margarita Aguas Compaired, Cecilia F. Lastra, Eduardo L. Mariño, Pilar Modamio","doi":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100777","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100777","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73003,"journal":{"name":"Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100777"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149153370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sylvia Verwoert, Fatma Karapinar-Çarkit, Selma Ennasery-de Heer, Eleonora Swart, Pierre Bet, Bart van den Bemt, Patricia van den Bemt, Jacqueline Hugtenburg
{"title":"Development, validation and reproducibility of an online patient questionnaire on identification of adverse drug events after hospital discharge","authors":"Sylvia Verwoert, Fatma Karapinar-Çarkit, Selma Ennasery-de Heer, Eleonora Swart, Pierre Bet, Bart van den Bemt, Patricia van den Bemt, Jacqueline Hugtenburg","doi":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100771","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100771","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73003,"journal":{"name":"Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100771"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149153381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emma A.S. Hostert, Susanne Felgner, Tamara Reyes Ojopi, Zoe Weber, Hanna Wittbecker, Gertraud Stadler
{"title":"Exploring the potential transferability of the new medicine service in England to the German healthcare context: Insights from a stakeholder consultation","authors":"Emma A.S. Hostert, Susanne Felgner, Tamara Reyes Ojopi, Zoe Weber, Hanna Wittbecker, Gertraud Stadler","doi":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100744","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100744","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73003,"journal":{"name":"Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100744"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149153788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using drug trends to develop digital pharmaceutical care for oncology patients","authors":"Zora Ćetković, Ivana Popović","doi":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100747","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100747","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73003,"journal":{"name":"Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100747"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149153789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Susanne Kaae, Afonso Cavaco, Lara Marie Giudice, Joao Gregorio, Sarah Hilmer, Chiara Jeiziner, Nanca Cebron Lipovec, Nicole Ljungdahl, Katharina Rekk, Dejan Sencanski, Ronja Woltersdorf, Karin Svensberg
{"title":"The relevance of existing systematic coding of observed behaviours to improve pharmacist-patient communication","authors":"Susanne Kaae, Afonso Cavaco, Lara Marie Giudice, Joao Gregorio, Sarah Hilmer, Chiara Jeiziner, Nanca Cebron Lipovec, Nicole Ljungdahl, Katharina Rekk, Dejan Sencanski, Ronja Woltersdorf, Karin Svensberg","doi":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100760","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100760","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73003,"journal":{"name":"Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100760"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149153367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pharmaceutical prescribing for the management of common health disorders in the community pharmacy - study design of a mixed-methods observational study","authors":"Chiara Jeiziner, Samuel Allemann","doi":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100775","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100775","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73003,"journal":{"name":"Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100775"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149153383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The suitability of the 15-STARS tool to screen for non- adherence of analgesic medications in patients with chronic pain","authors":"Natyra Gashi, Dardan Hetemi, Valdet Uka, Christiane Eickhoff, Isabelle Arnet, Martin Schulz, Kreshnik Hoti","doi":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100759","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100759","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73003,"journal":{"name":"Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100759"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149153462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}