An evaluation of a collaborative doctor-pharmacist prescribing model compared to the usual medical prescribing model in the emergency department

This project was a comparative study to investigate whether a collaborative doctor-pharmacist prescribing model produces safer and more accurate prescribing outcomes than the usual medical model, in the Emergency Department at Redland Hospital, Queensland, Australia. This study was conducted as a randomised controlled trial comparing the control and intervention patient groups, aligning with the six dimensions of the National Health Performance Framework. This study has demonstrated that a collaborative doctor-pharmacist prescribing model produces a safer and more accurate medication chart than usual care, venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment and prescribing improved and it demonstrated high patient satisfaction rates