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; and Political: regulation of practice, representation of the profession and policies affecting practice.
Authors concluded that the results demonstrate the need for a multifactorial approach to the implementation of professional models of practice in this setting.
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