Barriers and facilitators related to healthcare practitioner use of real time prescription monitoring tools in Australia

Frontiers in Public Health

Public Health

Chaojie Liu¹  Hanan Khalil¹  Dimi Hoppe² 

[1] School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;null;

关键词: real time prescription monitoring;    prescription drug monitoring programs;    healthcare;    pharmacists;    prescribers;    barriers;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2023.1175791

 received in 2023-03-20, accepted in 2023-08-22,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionReal time prescription monitoring tools have been implemented in Australia to address the growing concerns of drug misuse, drug-related mortality and morbidity. The objective of this pilot study is to investigate the barriers and facilitators related to healthcare practitioner use of real time prescription monitoring tools.MethodsAn online survey was distributed to Australian prescribers and pharmacists who use a real time prescription monitoring tool. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, chi-square tests and multivariate logistic regression analyses.ResultsA total of 102 questionnaires were analyzed. Practitioners mainly agreed that the tool was easy to use (n = 64; 66.7%) and access (n = 56; 57.7%), and the data was easy to interpret (n = 77; 79.4%). Over half agreed that they wanted training to guide clinical actions (n = 52; 55.9%) and clinical guidelines or guidance on what to do with the RTPM findings (n = 51; 54.8%). Prescribers were more likely to report difficulties with workplace access to a computer or the internet (n = 7; 21.2%) compared with pharmacists (n = 6; 9.2%; p = 0.037). Practitioners working in community settings (n = 59; 57.9%; p = 0.022) and those with 1–10 years practice experience (n = 45; 44.2%; p = 0.036) were more likely to want training to guide clinical actions in response to RTPM information.ConclusionThis is the first known study to investigate the barriers and facilitators related to practitioner use of RTPM tools in Australia. The results from this study can inform further research to gain an understanding of healthcare practitioners use of RTPM tools, and how to minimize barriers and optimize use for the essential delivery of quality healthcare.

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