Survey of pharmacists’ perspectives on preparing discharge medicine lists: a cross-sectional single-centre study

This study explored South-East Queensland Australian pharmacists' perspectives on preparing discharge medicine lists, specifically involvement of pharmacy assistants, use of electronic medication management software, and expanding pharmacists' scope during discharge. Electronic survey distributed to pharmacists during December 2021 and data collected over 3 weeks. Pharmacists supported increased involvement of pharmacy assistants (with structured collaborative training), pharmacist-led medication reconciliation, and producing the discharge medicine list directly from the electronic record. Increased scope of pharmacy assistants to complete technical tasks will improve pharmacists' capacity to integrate with the medical team and perform discharge medication reconciliation.