European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

THE IMPACT OF DRUG SHORTAGES ON PATIENT CARE ACROSS HEALTHCARE DISCIPLINES

Fahdah Mehsan Alotaibi*, ‏Abdulrhman Ali Almazam, ‏Hayat Mohammed Almussad, ‏Motaeb Sager Alenazi, Khalid Abdulrahman Alsharif, Musab Abdulgader Alfares, ‏Rawaf Hussain Alsuwaydaa, ‏Mudi Naif Alharbi, ‏Nahid Ahmad Lamfon, ‏Homoud Awade Al Shammari, ‏Saleh Abdullah Alnais, Bander Khalid Almoharib, Ali Eid Atallah Albalawi, Fayez Abdullah Hussain Alsarimi, Sami Mohammed Alaoufi, MESHAL SAEED M, Alotaibi Mohammad Abdullah Almanna and Mahfoudh Saad Saleh Alghamdi

ABSTRACT

Background: The use of multidisciplinary teams within hospital settings restricts the occurrence of adverse events (AE), improves results, and contributes to the happiness of both patients and employees. Aim of Work: This study aims to delineate the roles and responsibilities of pharmacists in ensuring optimal pharmaceutical outcomes during care transitions, addressing barriers to effective transitions and highlighting populations at risk for ADEs. Methods: Efficient and coordinated, multidisciplinary in-hospital teams consist of personnel from many levels of the treatment hierarchy, such as nurses' aides, surgical technicians, nurses, anesthesiologists, attending doctors, and others. Their improved collaboration mitigates the negative impact of isolated working environments by promoting effective communication among healthcare professionals at all levels. As a result, it decreases adverse events such as illness or death, while simultaneously raising patient and healthcare worker contentment. Results: Several publications from different fields include various notions of "teamwork" for personnel working in emergency rooms (ERs), hospital wards, intensive care units (ICUs), and most importantly, operating rooms (ORs). Enhanced collaboration among healthcare professionals at all levels resulted in enhanced communication, less negative incidents, better patient outcomes, shorter hospital stays, and increased satisfaction among both patients and staff. Conclusion: In hospitals, providing optimal medical and surgical treatment is a collaborative effort. The objectives include enhancing patient safety by minimizing adverse events, improving patient happiness, reducing the length of hospital stays, and enhancing the quality of results. Additional advantages include enhancing the efficiency of healthcare professionals, diminishing hospital expenses and problems, and augmenting job contentment. This review serves as a reminder to hospital administrators about the crucial importance of maintaining multidisciplinary teams. By doing so, hospitals can ensure the smooth functioning of their operations, leading to improved quality and safety of patient care. Additionally, this practice allows staff members to optimize their performance and enhance their job satisfaction.

Keywords: Enhanced results, Healthcare, Interdisciplinary methods, Patient well-being, Healthcare excellence, Spinal procedures, Surgical interventions, Collaboration.