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Table 2 Concepts derived by Leximancer from interviews divided into respondent groups and themes

From: Integrating a pharmacist into the general practice environment: opinions of pharmacist’s, general practitioner’s, health care consumer’s, and practice manager’s

General Practitioners

Pharmacists

Health Care Consumers

Practice Managers

Mixed Pharmacist and GP Group

Positively viewed roles

Medication review

Medication review

Medication review

Medication review

Medication review

Medication information

Medication reconciliation/history taking

Medication information/counselling

Medication counselling

Medication information

Education to patients

Education

Patient advocate to GP

Education and Drug Information

Patient education/Patient medication profile print outs

(GPs and Patients)

Quality prescribing initiatives

Specialty clinics

Medication profile print outs

Medication Reconciliation

Cost savings on medications

Education to GPs

Prescribing

Prescribing (script renewal)

Repeat prescribing

Repeat prescribing

Negatively viewed roles

Dispensing

Dispensing

Dispensing

Dispensing

Ordering pathology

Prescribing

Prescribing

Prescribing

Prescribing

Prescribing

Diagnosing

Diagnosing

Physical examination/diagnosing

Diagnosis

Diagnosing

 

Procedural tasks

 

Immunisations

Routine GP services

Barriers to integration

Remuneration

Remuneration

Remuneration

Funding

Funding

Size of practice

Medical culture/“Turf wars”

Reluctance from GPs

Turf wars

Size of the practice

Lack of space

Operational/logistical issues

Physical space

Size of the practice/available space

Operational

Preconceptions of pharmacist roles

Experience of the pharmacist

 

Logistical issues

 

Facilitators to integration

Remuneration

Remuneration

Remuneration

Funding

Funding

Training of the pharmacist

Training of the pharmacist

Support of GPs

Additional training of pharmacist

Changes in legislation/business rules for services

Defined scope of practice

Education on role to medical profession

Promoting services to community

Education to GPs on benefits

 

Administrative support

 

Administration support

Education to patients on benefits

 

Potential benefits of integration

Increased access and communication

Access to patient medical file

Access to medical notes and GPs

Access to patient medical file

Access to patients record

Increased rapport

Privacy

Privacy

Increased privacy

Privacy

Pharmacist seen as independent

Dedicated time for services

Dedicated time to spend with patient

Increased rapport and communication between pharmacist and GP

Dedicated time

Increased patient acceptance of pharmacist services

Increased rapport and communication with GP

Closer working relationship with GPs

Enhanced coordination of services

Less commercial influences

  

Reduce GP workload

Continuity of care

 

Method of remuneration

Government

Government

Government

Government

Government/DVA

 

Patient

Patient

Patient co-payment

 
 

Medical Centre

Medical centre

  
 

Health Insurance

   
  1. DVA = Department of Veteran Affairs.
  2. Concepts are not ranked.