Table 2.
Positive respondents, % (n) (n = 236) |
Negative respondents, % (n) (n = 56) |
|
---|---|---|
Supportive themes | ||
Benefits to patients | 37 (88) | 9 (5) |
Benefits to pharmacy profession | 22 (51) | 0 (0) |
Benefits to physicians | 8 (20) | 0 (0) |
Benefits to health care system | 19 (46) | 2 (1) |
Barrier themes | ||
Workload or workflow concerns | 12 (29) | 68 (38) |
Reimbursement concerns | 16 (38) | 13 (7) |
Patient safety | 7 (16) | 52 (29) |
Lack of training or expertise | 6 (13) | 11 (6) |
Not consistent with scope of practice | 1 (3) | 27 (15) |
Lack of prescribing rights | 22 (51) | 0 (0) |
Positive respondents were those with a sentiment analysis score of 1 or 2 (very positive or moderately positive). Negative respondents were those with a sentiment analysis score of 4 or 5 (moderately negative or very negative). Neutral responses (n = 15) with a score of 3 were excluded.