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Table 1 Description of integration domains by Walshe and Smith [19]

From: The effectiveness and cost of integrating pharmacists within general practice to optimize prescribing and health outcomes in primary care patients with polypharmacy: a systematic review

Dimension

Definition

Organizational

Pharmacist is physically co-located with the GP or, the intervention is remote but encompassed within the same network

Informational

Integration and access to clinical patient systems

Clinical

Care delivery to patients and communication with GPs

Functional

Capture of other actions taken by pharmacists integrated within GP settings such as medications education or administrative support

Normative

Design of intervention in terms of shared goals and visions of activities involved and desired outcomes

Financial

Financial implications from internally funded pharmacist interventions