Module 1-2 Flashcards
A health science discipline in which the pharmacies provide patient care that optimizes medication therapy and promotes health wellness and disease prevention.
The practice of clinical pharmacy in braces to philosophy of pharmaceutical care
Clinical pharmacy
The responsible provision of drug therapy for the purpose of achieving a definite outcomes that improve a patient’s quality of life
Pharmaceutical care
Systematic and comprehensive method for interacting with patients.
This may vary depending on the purpose and goals of the health care providers
Patient care process
The primary purpose of the pharmacist in the patient care process is to…
Identify solve and prevent drug therapy problems
Any undesirable event experienced by a patient which involves or a suspected to involved drug therapy and that interferes with achieving the desired goals of therapy and requires professional judgment to resolve
Drug therapy problem
Categories of medication-related problems:
Untreated indication
Treatment without indication
Improper drug selection
Too little drug
Too much drug
Non adherence
ADR
Drug interaction
Pharmacies patient care process:
Assessment of the patient’s drug-related needs
Creation of a care plan to meet those needs
Follow-up evaluation to determine whether the positive outcomes were achieved
Elements of a care plan:
Medical condition
Drug therapy problems
Goals of therapy
Interventions
Follow up plan
therapeutic goals achieved for acute condition, discontinue therapy.
Resolved
Therapeutic goals achieved, continue the same therapy for chronic disease management
Stable
Progress is being made in achieving goals, continue the same therapy because more time is required to assess the full benefit after a few
Improved
Progress is being made, that minor adjustments in term of the are required to fully achieve the therapeutic goals before assessment
Partial improvement
Little or no progress has been made, but continue the same therapy to allow additional time for benefit to be observed
Unimproved
A decline in health is observed despite an attic attrition using the optimal drug modifying drug therapy (e.g. increase the current medications add a second agent with additive or synergistic effects)
Worsened
Therapeutic goals have not been achieved despite an addict a tools and duration of therapy discontinue current medications and start new therapy
Failure