Evaluation on effect of clinical pharmacists using PDCA to participate in the clinical pathway of cerebral infarction / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the methods that clinical pharmacists' participation in the clinical path management of cerebral infarction.Methods A total of 252 cases of cerebral infarction from January 2016 to June 2017 in People's Hospital of Hechuan District were selected.The control group (n=126) received conventional cerebral infarction clinical pathway.However,clinical pharmacists were participated in the observation group (n=126);In the observation group,the pathway of clinical pharmacists for cerebral infarction was improved by the PDCA circulation method,and a total of 2 cycles were performed.The hospitalization and medicine cost,hospitalization time,complication rate,as well as medication compliance were observed and compared.Results The hospitalization expenses,medicine expenses,hospitalization time,complication rate and medication compliance of patients in the observation group were better than that in control group (P＜0.01).The indicators above of the observation group for the second cycles in patients were better than that of the first cycle (P＜0.05).Conclusion The participation of clinical pharmacists using PDCA method in clinical pathway management is helpful to reduce hospitalization expenses and complications and improve medication compliance in patients with cerebral infarction.