Monday, December 24, 2007

Pharmaceutical Care Concept

Pharmaceutical Care goal is to improve clinical outcome of patient by optimization of drug therapy outcome.
The pharmaceutical care task are counseling, pharmacotherapy planing, drug monitoring, home visit and telephone care.

Example
Patients were randomly assigned to a pharmacist-involved group (treatment) or a group with no pharmacist involvement (control). Pre- and post-test BPs, tablet counts, lifestyle modifications, and pharmacists' recommendations were recorded.
Hypertensive patients who received pharmacist input achieved a significantly greater benefit in BP reduction, BP control, and improvement in adherence rate and lifestyle modification.

HYPERTENSION

Pharmacist Involvement in Primary Care Improves Hypertensive Patient Clinical Outcomes

Phayom Sookaneknun, PharmD
The Annals of Pharmacotherapy: Vol. 38, No. 12, pp. 2023-2028. DOI 10.1345/aph.1D605
© 2004 Harvey Whitney Books Company.

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