Development of a New SOAP Form (P-SOAP) Highly Suited to Medication History Records in a Community Pharmacy and its Evaluation

Accession number;05A0383656
Title;Development of a New SOAP Form (P-SOAP) Highly Suited to Medication History Records in a Community Pharmacy and its Evaluation
Author; TANAKA NAOYA (Showa Univ., School of Pharm. Sci., JPN) KONDO SUMIKO (Pinokioyakkyoku) TANAKA HIDEKAZU (Pinokioyakkyoku) SATO HITOSHI (Showa Univ., School of Pharm. Sci., JPN)
Journal Title;Japanese Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences
Journal Code:Y0888A
ISSN:1346-342X
VOL.31;NO.4;PAGE.320-328(2005)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.7, REF.12
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;We report on the development and introduction of our original SOAP (Pharmacy-oriented SOAP: P-SOAP) form, an expanded version of the conventional SOAP form, which is highly suited to community pharmacies. In P-SOAP, patient follow-up items and pharmaceutical care planning actions have been added. We conducted a questionnaire survey of 13 newly graduated pharmacists who had been educated on the use of the conventional SOAP for about half a year to ascertain their opinions of P-SOAP. They felt that the conventional SOAP had unclear assessment (A) and planning (P) definitions, and that actual medication instructions did not fit in with the SOAP form. However, they thought that P-SOAP enabled them to easily acquire detailed patient information and prepare patient records in a relatively short time. In conclusion, P-SOAP should be a useful tool for recording medication history in an optimal manner for the community pharmacy, and contribute to raising the quality of patient care. (author abst.)