Table 2.

Characteristics of the pharmacist’s interventions.

Author	Criteria applied	List of healthcare professionals involved	Number of healthcare professionals involved	Access to lab data	Access to medical notes	Medication review carried out	Patient counselling undertaken	Patients given educational material	Written communication with physicians	Oral communication with physicians	Educational meeting with physicians
Bryant et al. 25	MAI	Pharmacists, physicians	Two	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Unclear	Yes	No
Hanlon et al. 26	MAI	Pharmacists, physicians and nurses	Three	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Raebel et al. 29	Beers, Zhan and KPCMI	Pharmacists, physicians	Two	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Richmond et al. 28	MAI	Pharmacists, physicians	Two	No	No	Yes	Unclear	No	Unclear	Unclear	Yes
Taylor et al. 27	MAI	Pharmacists, physicians and nurses	Three	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

KPCMI: Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute, MAI: Medication Appropriateness Index.