dc.contributor.author | Tan, Amy CW | |
dc.contributor.author | Emmerton, Lynne M | |
dc.contributor.author | Hattingh, H Laetitia | |
dc.contributor.author | La Caze, Adam | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-10T12:00:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-11-10T12:00:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0156-5788 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1071/AH14081 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/352410 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective. Many of Australia’s rural hospitals operate without an on-site pharmacist. In some, community pharmacists
have sessional contracts to provide medication management services to inpatients. This paper discusses the funding
arrangements of identified sessional employment models to raise awareness of options for other rural hospitals.
Methods. Semistructured one-on-one interviews were conducted with rural pharmacists with experience in a sessional
employment role (n = 8) or who were seeking sessional arrangements (n = 4). Participants were identified via publicity and
referrals. Interviews were conducted via telephone or Skype for ~40–55 min each, recorded and analysed descriptively.
Results. A shortage of state funding and reliance on federal funding was reported. Pharmacists accredited to provide
medication reviews claimed remuneration via these federal schemes; however, restrictive criteria limited their scope of
services. Funds pooling to subsidise remuneration for the pharmacists was evident and arrangements with local community
pharmacies provided business frameworks to support sessional services.
Conclusion. Participants were unaware of each other’s models of practice, highlighting the need to share information
and these findings. Several similarities existed, namely, pooling funds and use of federal medication review remuneration.
Findings highlighted the need for a stable remuneration pathway and business model to enable wider implementation of
sessional pharmacist models. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | CSIRO Publishing | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 351 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 358 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 3 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Australian Health Review | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 39 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 321403 | |
dc.title | Funding issues and options for pharmacists providing sessional services to rural hospitals in Australia | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Hattingh, Laetitia L. | |