Georgios Karampatakis

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My current role is to support the day-to-day delivery of the AD-HOC study. AD-HOC is a multidisciplinary, mixed-methods programme of work, led by Dr Anna De Simoni and co-led by Professor Chris Griffiths, that sets out to design a digital social intervention for people with troublesome asthma and evaluate its impact on health-related outcomes. The project is a collaboration between various partners, including:

• Several universities: Queen Mary University of London, University of Cambridge, University of Nottingham, City University of London, University of Surrey, and St. George University.
• An industry partner: HealthUnlocked 
• A charity: Asthma+Lung UK.  

AD-HOC is composed of a number of work streams, including:

• Co-designing the content of the intervention with patients and clinicians.
• Identifying, through a survey, eligible patients and invite them to receive the intervention and sign up with the online health community of the Asthma+Lung UK charity.
• Maximise the safety of participation in online health communities, by improving the moderation process.
• Design the best research methods for evaluating the impact of engaging with online health communities on patients and healthcare professionals.
• Identify processes for encouraging participation in a trial that will test the impact of participation in online health communities.   
• Test the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the intervention, by carrying out a trial in which patients with troublesome asthma from approximately 50 practices across North and East London will be involved.

Knowledge produced from this project will inform national and international guidance on asthma management, as well as the delivery of NHS initiatives to build a digital NHS that supports self-management of long-term condition(s).

Find out more about the AD-HOC project on its Centre project page:

Project: AD-HOC

About me

With a background in pharmacy, I completed my PhD at the University of Reading in late 2020. I have a particular interest in health services and pharmacy practice research, digital interventions in healthcare, and healthcare policy and regulation.

Publications

• Karampatakis GD, Wood HE, Griffiths CJ, Lea NC, Ashcroft RE, Day B, Walker N, Coulson NS et al. Ethical and Information Governance Considerations for Promoting Digital Social Interventions in Primary Care. J Med Internet Res. 2023; 25:e44886. doi: https://doi.org/10.2196/44886
• Karampatakis GD, Wood HE, Griffiths CJ, Taylor SJC, Toffolutti V, Bird VJ, Lea NC, Ashcroft R et al. Non-randomised feasibility study testing a primary care intervention to promote engagement in an online health community for adults with troublesome asthma: protocol. BMJ Open. 2023; 13(7):e073503. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073503
• Karampatakis GD, Patel N, Stretch G, Ryan K. Integration and impact of pharmacists in general practice internationally: A rapid review. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2023 (published online ahead of print 17 June). doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/13558196231179831
• Karampatakis GD, Patel N, Stretch G, Ryan K. Patients’ experiences of pharmacists in general practice: an exploratory qualitative study. BMC Fam Pract. 2021; 22:48. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-021-01393-0
• Karampatakis GD, Patel N, Stretch G, Ryan K. Community pharmacy teams’ experiences of general practice-based pharmacists: an exploratory qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020; 20:431. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05245-y
• Karampatakis GD, Ryan K, Patel N, Stretch G. Capturing pharmacists’ impact in general practice: an e-Delphi study to attempt to reach consensus amongst experts about what activities to record. BMC Fam Pract. 2019;20:126. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-019-1008-6
• McLeod M, Karampatakis GD, Heyligen L, McGinley A, Franklin BD. The impact of implementing a hospital electronic prescribing and administration system on clinical pharmacists’ activities-a mixed methods study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019;19:156. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-3986-4
• Karampatakis GD, Ryan K, Patel N, Lau WM, Stretch G. How do pharmacists in English general practices identify their impact? An exploratory qualitative study of measurement problems. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019;19:34. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3842-y

Research Activity

Poster Presentations

• Co-designing a digital social intervention to encourage primary care asthma patients to engage with an online health community (OHC): focus group and interview study. AUKCAR Annual Scientific Meeting 2023, April 2023, Swansea, UK. Prize for second best poster presentation.

• Patients’ experiences of general practice-based pharmacists: an exploratory qualitative study. 26^th Health Services Research and Pharmacy Practice Conference (HSRPP), 16^th-17^th April 2020, Cardiff, UK.
• Capturing pharmacists’ input into general practice: an attempt to achieve consensus amongst experts. 78^th International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) World Congress, 2^nd – 6^th September 2018, Glasgow, UK.
• Pharmacists employed in UK general practices: how do they measure their worth? Reading School of Pharmacy PhD showcase 2017, April 2017, Reading, UK.

Oral Presentations   

• Building the evidence for the impact of pharmacists in general practice. Reading School of Pharmacy PhD showcase 2019, 11^th April 2019, Reading, UK.
• Pharmacists in general practice. Three Minute Thesis Competition - University of Reading Doctoral Research Conference 2018, 20^th June 2018, Reading, UK. 
• Capturing pharmacists’ input into general practice: an e-Delphi study to attempt to achieve consensus amongst experts. Reading School of Pharmacy PhD showcase 2018, 10^th April 2018, Reading, UK.     

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Acknowledgements

This research is funded by National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) under its Programme Grants for Applied Research Programme (Reference Number NIHR202037)