scholarly journals The Role of the Pharmacist in Patient Care (Book Review)

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-18
Author(s):  
B.K Khanam
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Pharmacy Practice ◽  
Pharmacy Education ◽  
Care Process ◽  
Education Standards ◽  
Care Community ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Patient Care Process

Most people on the outside of the health care profession are not familiar with this new role of the pharmacist. The general public has created a stereotypical pharmacist's picture as being a person who stands behind a counter, dispenses medicine with some instructions to the respective consumer. Pharmacy practice has changed substantially in recent years. Today’s pharmacists have unique training and expertise in the appropriate use of medications and provide a wide array of patient care services in many different practice settings. As doctors are busy with the diagnosis and treatment of patients, the pharmacist can assist them by selecting the most appropriate drug for a patient. Interventions by the pharmacists have always been considered as a valuable input by the health care community in the patient care process by reducing the medication errors, rationalizing the therapy and reducing the cost of therapy. The development and approval of the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process by the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners and incorporation of the Process into the 2016 Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education Standards has the potential to lead to important changes in the practice of pharmacy, and to the enhanced acknowledgment, acceptance, and reimbursement for pharmacy and pharmacist services. As an author, it is my heartiest believe that the book will adjoin significant apprehension to future pharmacists in patient care as most of the portion created from recently published articles focusing pharmacists in patient care settings.

scholarly journals Patient Care Management (Handbook for Hospital and Community Pharmacists)

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 01-14
Author(s):  
Abdul Mohiuddin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Pharmacy Practice ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Pharmacy Education ◽  
Care Process ◽  
Education Standards ◽  
Care Community ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Patient Care Process

Most people on the outside of the health care profession are not familiar with this new role of the pharmacist. The general public has created a stereotypical pharmacist's picture as being a person who stands behind a counter, dispenses medicine with some instructions to the respective consumer. Pharmacy practice has changed substantially in recent years. Today’s pharmacists have unique training and expertise in the appropriate use of medications and provide a wide array of patient care services in many different practice settings. As doctors are busy with the diagnosis and treatment of patients, the pharmacist can assist them by selecting the most appropriate drug for a patient. Interventions by the pharmacists have always been considered as a valuable input by the health care community in the patient care process by reducing the medication errors, rationalizing the therapy and reducing the cost of therapy. The development and approval of the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process by the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners and incorporation of the Process into the 2016 Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education Standards has the potential to lead to important changes in the practice of pharmacy, and to the enhanced acknowledgment, acceptance, and reimbursement for pharmacy and pharmacist services. As an author, it is my heartiest believe that the book will adjoin significant apprehension to future pharmacists in patient care as most of the portion created from recently published articles focusing pharmacists in patient care settings.

scholarly journals Community-Based Pharmacy Practice Innovation and the Role of the Community-Based Pharmacist Practitioner in the United States

Pharmacy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Venable Goode ◽  
James Owen ◽  
Alexis Page ◽  
Sharon Gatewood
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Pharmacy Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Patient Health

Community-based pharmacy practice is evolving from a focus on product preparation and dispensing to becoming a health care destination within the four walls of the traditional community-based pharmacy. Furthermore, community-based pharmacy practice is expanding beyond the four walls of the traditional community-based pharmacy to provide care to patients where they need it. Pharmacists involved in this transition are community-based pharmacist practitioners who are primarily involved in leading and advancing team-based patient care services in communities to improve the patient health. This paper will review community-based pharmacy practice innovations and the role of the community-based pharmacist practitioner in the United States.

scholarly journals Scaling Community Pharmacy Transformation with the ‘Flip the Pharmacy’ Implementation Model: Program Origins

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Anne Marie Kondic ◽  
Troy Trygstad ◽  
Randy McDonough ◽  
Matt Osterhaus
Keyword(s):  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Pharmacy Practice ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Care Community ◽  
Implementation Model ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Community Pharmacy Practice ◽  
Payment Models

The rising costs of healthcare, increased chronic illnesses, and healthcare provider burnout has led to an environment desperate for scalable solutions to ease practice burdens. With a projected shortage in the number of primary healthcare providers available to provide team-based care, community-based pharmacy practitioners are accessible and eager to assist. In order to provide enhanced patient care services to aid their clinician colleagues, community-based pharmacists will have to transform their practices to support the provision of enhanced services and medication optimization in value-based payment models. The purpose of this article is to define how multiple factors in pharmacy, healthcare, technology and payment models aligned to create an opportunity for the Community Pharmacy Foundation and CPESN® USA to implement a nationwide community pharmacy practice model called ‘Flip the Pharmacy’.  This new model aims to scale community pharmacy practice transformation and move beyond filling prescriptions at a moment-in-time to caring for patients over time through a 24-month step-wise program paired with in-person pharmacist coaching. Preliminary observations from the first six months of the program highlight community pharmacy as a site of care with community-based pharmacist practitioners providing and documenting targeted patient care interventions.    Article Type: Commentary

Learning to Accept Uncertainty as a Quality of Care Dimension

2013 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Vahé A. Kazandjian
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Care Process ◽  
Care Services

Uncertainty in clinical decision-making is integral to the pathways chosen while applying available knowledge to a patient’s care process. This chapter explores the ways in which uncertainty can be incorporated into the understanding of better performance approaches, and is thus proposed as an enabling dimension of performance. Tracing the keystone definitions of uncertainty from Hippocrates to Osler, the discussion addresses the dimensions of decision - making appropriateness, its timeliness, the expected and actual value of the care services, and the role of systematic communication between providers of care as well as with patients. The crucial role of Health Information Technology is emphasized, and a unifying model is proposed where the inclusion of uncertainty as a dimension of performance promotes an encompassing evaluation of the quality of health care services.

A learning pharmacy practice enabled by the pharmacists’ patient care process

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. e66-e72
Author(s):  
Corey A. Lester ◽  
Antoinette B. Coe ◽  
Michael P. Dorsch ◽  
Karen B. Farris ◽  
Allen J. Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Pharmacy Practice ◽  
Care Process ◽  
Patient Care Process

Expanding Experiential Opportunities Through Patient Care Services

2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 575-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Soltis ◽  
Schwanda K. Flowers
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Pharmacy Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pharmacy Education ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
University Of Arkansas ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Immunization Services ◽  
The University

A new set of standards, ACPE Standards 2007, adopted by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), required all pharmacy programs to include introductory pharmacy practice experiences (IPPEs) to represent 5% of the curriculum and advance pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs) to represent 25% of the curriculum. This required many pharmacy programs to revise their curriculum to meet these requirements. The challenge of satisfying the increased accreditation requirements along with the increased number of new pharmacy programs in the United States has resulted in increased competition for experiential sites. Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy utilized innovative immunization services to help meet the ACPE Standards 2007. Drake utilized P2 and P3 students who were trained to give immunizations in an IPPE patient care elective in order to help experiential sites in their immunization efforts. Senior pharmacy students at UAMS were involved in expanding APPE opportunities by developing immunization clinics and providing immunizations at their experiential sites. Both pharmacy programs were successful in expanding experiential opportunities by focusing on immunizations. Students, preceptors, and patients all benefit from utilizing student pharmacist at experiential sites to provide patient care services.

Feelings, thoughts and experiences of caregivers of patients with schizophrenia

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 452-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerime Bademli ◽  
Neslihan Lök
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Care Process ◽  
Phenomenological Method ◽  
Emotional Burden ◽  
Patient Care Process

Background: Caregivers have different experiences in the patient care process during which the role of providing care is fulfilled. Aim: The aim of this study was to provide data on the feelings, thoughts and experiences of the caregivers of patients with schizophrenia. Method: In this study, the phenomenological method was used. Results: The results of this study revealed the following themes: meaning of schizophrenia, the meaning of being caregiver, life before being caregiver, feeling of patients’ relatives, difficult areas while providing care, coping situations and metaphors produced by the caregivers. Conclusion: The results obtained from the study revealed that the caregivers of patients with schizophrenia need information about the mental illness and have a higher emotional burden. Practice Implications: Nurses should listen to caregivers’ experiences, inquire about the experience of caregivers regarding patient care and advise caregivers on how to take care of their patients.

scholarly journals Beyond the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process: Cultivating Patient Care Practitioners by Utilizing the Pharmaceutical Care Framework

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Kolar ◽  
Keri D. Hager ◽  
Victoria Losinski
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Pharmaceutical Care ◽  
Expert Testimony ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Pharmacy Education ◽  
Care Process ◽  
Medication Therapy ◽  
Financial Interests ◽  
Patient Care Process

The adoption of a standard pharmacists’ patient care process (PPCP) for the profession, and inclusion of the PPCP in the ACPE Standards 2016, are positive steps for pharmacy education and creates consistency among pharmacy practitioners, regardless of practice setting. The PPCP, and its implications for practice, needs to continue to be embraced by educators and emphasized with students. The PPCP should be the patient care process taught to students and integrated throughout didactic courses and experiential experiences. However, teaching the PPCP or a particular service, such as Medication Therapy Management (MTM) or Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM), is not enough. The patient care process must be taught as one component of pharmaceutical care. Without also learning the philosophy of practice and practice management systems, student pharmacists will not be prepared for the realities of practice. Pharmacists are taking on new roles, getting paid in new ways, and in positions to take responsibility for a patient’s medication-related needs. Student pharmacists need to be in a position to take advantage of these opportunities as they progress throughout their careers. Conflict of Interest We declare no conflicts of interest or financial interests that the authors or members of their immediate families have in any product or service discussed in the manuscript, including grants (pending or received), employment, gifts, stock holdings or options, honoraria, consultancies, expert testimony, patents and royalties.   Type: Idea Paper

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