ReviewPharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Interventions to Expand Community Pharmacists' Scope of Practice.
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Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Healthcare professionals' perspectives of pharmacist roles in residential aged care: a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2026Pooled it
- Patient health outcomes for evaluation of pharmacist-led primary care: a scoping review.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2026Article
- Evolution of community pharmacy services in the European Union and beyond: a cross-country survey of 33 national pharmacy organisations.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2026Article
- Designing a computerized decision support system for asthma chronic disease management in community pharmacies.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2026Article
- Evaluating community pharmacists' knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward nutritional counselling and healthy lifestyles: evidence from a lower-middle-income country.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Social Attitudes Towards Public Health Interventions in Community Pharmacies in Poland: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026Article
- Assessment of the Effectiveness of Pharmaceutical Advice in Selected Digestive Disorders: Perspectives of Patients and Pharmacists as Part of a Pilot "Minor Ailments" Service.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Bridging Innovation and Practice in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Novel Antidiabetic Therapies and the Expanding Role of Community Pharmacists.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- "If We Can Get Them to Stop, They Can Have Such a Better Life": Implementing Tobacco and Nicotine Dependence Treatment Services in Community Pharmacies in North Dakota.Preventing chronic disease · 2025Article
- Community pharmacists improving equitable access to contraceptive methods: a commentary.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2025Article
- Optimizing nursing care for neutropenic patients: a holistic perspective on education, support, and clinical management.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Pharmaceutical Care Services in Community Pharmacies: An Umbrella Review of Global Evidence with Insights from Polish and Spanish Practices.Integrated pharmacy research & practice · 2025Review
- Pharmacists' Professional Satisfaction and Challenges: A Netnographic Analysis of Reddit and Facebook Discussions.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe role of community pharmacists has evolved beyond the dispensing of medicines. The aim of this scoping review was to describe the interventions that expand the pharmacist's scope of practice within a community pharmacy setting and assess their effectiveness.
methodsWe performed a scoping review to identify randomised controlled trials (RCTs), published worldwide from 2013 to 2024, which focused on interventions designed to expand pharmacists' scope of practice in the community. The review was undertaken in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for scoping reviews. To address the aim of this scoping review, the included RCTs were mapped to themes influenced by the Professional Practice Standards 2023 as developed by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia: medication management, collaborative care and medication adherence.
resultsTwelve studies demonstrated the potential to expand community pharmacists' scope of practice. Two RCTs resulted in no effect of the intervention. One RCT (conducted in Italy) led to an actual change to community pharmacists' scope of practice, with a statistically significant improvement in the proportion of patients with controlled asthma.
conclusionsOn the whole, this scoping review synthesised the findings of peer-reviewed RCT studies that revealed expanding community pharmacists' scope of practice may result in improved patient outcomes, a reduced burden for the healthcare system, and greater productivity.
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