myCare Start – Implementation Project: Implementation of a new model of care for supporting adherence in people starting a new medication for a long-term condition – An implementation-effectiveness science study.

Brief project description

The myCare Start – Implementation project (myCare Start-I) aims to establish a new interprofessional care model to improve medication initiation adherence in patients starting long-term treatments in Switzerland. Using implementation science methodologies, myCare Start-I seeks to adapt the already established New Medicines Service from the United Kingdom to the Swiss primary care system and evaluate it in a nationwide rollout in 2025. The project has already conducted a comprehensive contextual analysis of the Swiss primary healthcare ecosystem and is now leveraging a theory-driven, co-creation approach with key stakeholders to tailor the intervention to the Swiss context and identify implementation strategies that will ensure its effective delivery.

This research was approved by the Cantonal Commission for Research Ethics (CCER) of Geneva (2023-01161) and the University Ethics Committee of the University of Basel (UEK) and was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), Federal Quality Commission of Switzerland and Swiss Pharmacists Association (pharmaSuisse).

Setting

Private practices, Community Pharmacy

Project category

Research project

Project start date and end date

01.10.2024 - 31.12.2026

Keywords

co-creation; community pharmacy; context driven design; cost-effectiveness; Hybrid study; hybrid-2 design; implementation outcomes; Implementation Strategies; interprofessional collaboration; Intervention adaptation; Intervention development; Medication adherence; patient and public involvement

Principal investigators

  • Marie P. Schneider (Professor), Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva
  • Sabina De Geest (Professor), Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel

Project team members

  • Sarah Serhal (Dr.), Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva
  • Karima Shamuratova (Ms.), Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva
  • Juliane Mielke (Dr.), Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel
  • Chiara Jeiziner (Dr.), Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva
  • Cédric Lanier (Dr.), Institute of Family and Child Medicine, University of Geneva
  • Dagmar Haller (Professor), Institute of Family and Child Medicine, University of Geneva
  • Stéphane Guerrier (Professor), Research Institute for Statistics and Information Science, University of Geneva

Contact person

Marie P. Schneider (Professor)
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland
University of Geneva

Funding providers

  • Federal Quality Commission of Switzerland
  • Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
  • Swiss Pharmacists Association (pharmaSuisse)

Link (DOI) to associated publications

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