DISPENSING LAB UNIT 1 Flashcards
consists of all organizations, resources, and
people whose primary purpose is to improve
health.
HEALTH SYSTEM
team of professionals including
representatives of different disciplines who
coordinate the contributions of each
profession in order to improve care (O’Toole,
2005)
HEALTHCARE TEAM
is the responsible provision of drug therapy
for the purpose of achieving definite
outcomes that improve a patient’s quality of
life (Hepler & Strand, 1990)
PHARMACEUTICAL CARE
PCARE
P is for
PREVENTION
PCARE
C is for
CURE
PCARE
A is for
ARREST
PCARE
R is for
REDUCTION
PCARE
E is for
ELIMINATION
manage overall health and
medical needs of patients;
responsible for diagnosis and
treatment planning with the
use of their extensive medical
knowledge and scientific
expertise
PHYSICIANS
directly responsible for providing
medical and nursing care
NURSES
trained for providing maternal and child
care
MIDWIVES
responsible for promoting oral health
and disease prevention
DENTISTRY PERSONNEL
includes pharmacists and other pharmacy work
personnel
Pharmaceutical personnel
responsible for diagnosing diseases by performing complex tests and relating findings with conditions of
patients
Laboratory health workers
-frontline public health
workers who perform
outreach, community
education, counseling, social
support and advocacy
Community and traditional health workers
includes other medical professionals like radiologic
technologists, respiratory therapists,
physical therapists, respiratory therapists,
dietitians and the like.
Other health service providers
-indirectly provide
health services
-assume
administrative or
managerial roles
Health management and support workers
PHARMACISTS’ ROLE
- Ensuring Rational Use of Medicines
- Disease Management
- Management of Drug Theraphy
- TRUE or FALSE
“Outpatient clinics are health
systems”
TRUE
- TRUE or FALSE
“Accurate diagnosis of condition
is a fundamental pharmaceutical
care outcome”
FALSE
- TRUE or FALSE
“Doctors are the most important
among healthcare team
members”
FALSE
