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Patient consultation in a managed care setting: guiding pharmacy into the future.
- Source :
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The American journal of managed care [Am J Manag Care] 1998 Jul; Vol. 4 (7), pp. 1039-46; quiz 1047-8. - Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- Managed care organizations are excellent environments for pharmaceutical care programs to demonstrate their impact on patient care outcomes and to decrease costs. Patient consultation is the cornerstone in implementing pharmaceutical care because it increases patient contact with the pharmacists while improving patient compliance with drug therapy (adherence). Implementation of a patient consultation program that verifies patients' understanding of their disease and therapy gives the pharmacist information necessary to monitor drug therapy. Use of strategic planning to overcome barriers, followed by the development of local standards of practice, will refocus the practice philosophy to one of improving patient outcomes. Pharmacy managers must demonstrate and document the value that patient consultation brings to the patient and the healthcare system. Then, they must integrate their counseling effort with other health education efforts of the managed care system. Pharmacists will gain the support of other disciplines by reinforcing their efforts. Together they can work to decrease the problems that are inherent with drug therapy. These goals can be accomplished with minimal expense and have the potential to produce significant savings in healthcare costs.
- Subjects :
- Cost Control
Counseling organization & administration
Education, Pharmacy, Continuing
Health Care Costs
Humans
Patient Compliance
Patient Education as Topic economics
United States
Drug Therapy psychology
Managed Care Programs
Patient Education as Topic organization & administration
Pharmacists
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1088-0224
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The American journal of managed care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10181993