March 3, 2026Open Access

Bridging hospital and community pharmacy at transition of care: Improving the management of drug-related problems at discharge through hospital pharmacy hotlines

Key Points

Improved management of drug-related problems enhances patient safety and care transitions.
A notable decrease in drug-related problems highlights the effectiveness of pharmacy hotlines post-discharge.

Structured PICO

Do hospital pharmacy hotlines improve the management of drug-related problems at discharge?

Population

Community pharmacists managing hospital discharge prescriptions

Intervention

Hospital pharmacy hotlines

Outcome

Resolution of drug-related problems (DRPs) and intraprofessional collaboration

Hospital pharmacy hotlines are an effective tool to support community pharmacists and resolve drug-related problems at discharge without requiring physician contact.

Abstract

The hospital pharmacy hotlines proved to be an effective tool to improve intraprofessional collaboration and support community pharmacists in managing hospital discharge prescriptions, with more than half of DRPs resolved without the need to contact the physician.

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Garin et al. (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a75e05c6e9836116a285c9 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2026.01.007

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