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Table 7 Pharmacists’ practice towards medication therapy management service and barriers that affect MTM service implementation

From: Knowledge, attitude and practice of pharmacists on medication therapy management: a survey in Hospital Pulau Pinang, Penang, Malaysia

Questions N (%)
Yes No
1- If MTM service will be implemented in the future, would you like to be an MTM service provider? 86 (92.5) 7 (7.5)
2- Do think implementing MTM service in the future is important to improve the quality of health? 93 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
3- Are you interested in learning more information about providing MTM service? 89 (95.7) 4 (4.3)
4- Is online education a good way to provide training for pharmacists? 82 (88.2) 11 (11.8)
5- Do you prefer live workshops to provide training for pharmacists? 87 (93.5) 6 (6.5)
6- In your current practice, do you think that you spend enough time counseling your patients? 19 (20.4) 74 (79.6)
7- Do you think that you will have enough time to apply MTM service in the future? 50 (53.8) 43 (46.2)
8- Does your pharmacy or the place that you work in currently have a private counseling area? 93 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
9- Do you usually access (online or hard copies) most updated treatment guidelines available for diseases such as hypertension (JNC-VIII) or hyperlipidemia (ATP III Guidelines)? 62 (66.7) 31 (33.3)
10- Do you have an easy access (online or hard copies) to the guidelines and drug information resources such as Micromedex, Clinical Pharmacology or others? 70 (75.3) 23 (24.7)
11- Lack of training is one of the potential barriers regarding applying MTM service in the future? 82 (88.2) 11 (11.8)
12- Do you think that applying MTM services need high budget? 48 (51.6) 45 (48.4)
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