STEEP Impact

A Monash University study has found five dominant factors influencing pharmacists’ capacity to implement patient-focused models of professional practice:

Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental or Political (STEEP).

These five most widely acknowledged domains were explained as:

Social: the education of pharmacists, their beliefs and the capacity of the pharmacist workforce

Technological: current and future practice models, technology and workplace structures

Economic: funding of services, the viability of practice and operation of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

Environmental: attitudes and expectations of stakeholders, including consumers, health system reform and external competition

Political: regulation of practice, representation of the profession and policies affecting practice.

The authors concluded that the results demonstrate the need for a multifactorial approach to the implementation of professional models of practice in this setting.

Visit publish.csiro.au to view the study.

Source: pharmacydaily.com.au, Tuesday 8 August 2017