@article {Miller312, author = {Gavin Miller and Bryony Dean Franklin and Ann Jacklin}, title = {Including pharmacists on consultant-led ward rounds: a prospective non-randomised controlled trial}, volume = {11}, number = {4}, pages = {312--316}, year = {2011}, doi = {10.7861/clinmedicine.11-4-312}, publisher = {Royal College of Physicians}, abstract = {This study aimed to compare interventions made by pharmacists attending consultant-led ward rounds in addition to providing a ward pharmacy service, with those made by pharmacists providing a ward pharmacy service alone. A prospective non-randomised controlled study on five inpatient medical wards was carried out at two teaching hospitals. A mean of 1.73 physician-accepted interventions were made per patient for the study group, compared to 0.89 for the control (Mann Whitney U, p\<0.001) with no difference between groups in the nature or clinical importance of the interventions. One physician-accepted intervention was made every eight minutes during the consultant-led ward rounds, compared to one every 63 minutes during a ward pharmacist visit. Pharmacists attending consultant-led ward rounds in addition to undertaking a ward pharmacist visit make significantly more interventions per patient than those made by pharmacists undertaking a ward pharmacist visit alone, rectifying prescribing errors and optimising treatment.}, issn = {1470-2118}, URL = {https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/11/4/312}, eprint = {https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/11/4/312.full.pdf}, journal = {Clinical Medicine} }