Submitted by Kaushalpathak on Sun, 03/15/2009 - 05:28
Pharmacy profession has entered doctor’s clinics and hospitals as the “clinical pharmacist”. Clinical pharmacy is a branch of pharmacy where the pharmacist role is to provide patient care. Clinical pharmacist is an important part of the healthcare team. The pharmacist works in coordination with the doctors for the better patient healthcare. They have some very specific roles which aim at assuring patient safety. Some of the roles are as follows:
1. Patient medication history interview
2. Medication order review