Experience and attitudes of pharmacists towards challenges and adaptive measures to new norm in ward pharmacy practice during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chew Beng NgYou Leng TanRos Sakinah KamaludinChang Chee TaoChii-Chii ChewWai Keng FoongSiew Huang LeeNormi HamdanSu Yin OngPublished in: Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice (2023)
Pharmacists faced multiple challenges in the ward pharmacy practice during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in medication history assessment and patient counselling. Pharmacists, especially those with higher levels of education and longer tenure, exhibited a higher level of agreement towards the adaptive measures. The positive attitudes of pharmacists towards various adaptive measures, such as improvement of internet infrastructure and digital health literacy among patients and family members, warrant immediate action plans from health authorities.