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Clinical pharmacy is the branch of Pharmacy
Pharmacy

Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemistrys, and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of medication....
 where pharmacist
Pharmacist

Pharmacists are health professionals who practice the science of pharmacy. In their traditional role, pharmacists typically take a request for medicines from a prescribing health care provider in the form of a medical prescription and dispense the medication to the patient and counsel them on the proper use and adverse effects of that medic...
s provide patient
Patient

A patient is any person who receives medical attention, care, or Therapy. The person is most often illness or injured and in need of treatment by a physician or other Health care provider, although one who is visiting a physician for a routine check-up may also be viewed as a patient....
 care
Care

Care may refer to:* Care , a 1980s alternative rock band from Liverpool*...
 that optimizes the use of medication
Drug

A drug, broadly speaking, is any chemical substance that, when absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal bodily function....
 and promotes health
Health

In 1948, the World Health Organisation defined health as ?a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.? ...
, wellness
Wellness

Wellness may mean:*Wellness -Wellness is generally used to mean a healthy balance of the mind-body and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being....
 and disease
Disease

A disease or medical condition is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions, associated with specific symptoms and Medical signs....
 prevention
Prevention

Prevention refers to:*Prevention *Prevention , an album by Scottish people band De Rosa *Prevention , a magazine about health in the United States...
. Clinical pharmacists care for patients in all health care settings but the clinical pharmacy movement initially began inside hospital
Hospital

A hospital is an institution for health care providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment, and often but not always providing for longer-term patient stays....
s and clinics. Clinical pharmacists often collaborate with physician
Physician

A physician, medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, or medical doctor practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury....
s and other healthcare professionals.

Clinical pharmacists have extensive education
Education

File:Inukshuk Monterrey 1.jpgEducation can be seen as a product or a process and considered in a broad sense or a technical sense. According to philosophy of education George F....
 in the biomedical, pharmaceutical, sociobehavioral and clinical sciences.






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Clinical pharmacy is the branch of Pharmacy
Pharmacy

Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemistrys, and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of medication....
 where pharmacist
Pharmacist

Pharmacists are health professionals who practice the science of pharmacy. In their traditional role, pharmacists typically take a request for medicines from a prescribing health care provider in the form of a medical prescription and dispense the medication to the patient and counsel them on the proper use and adverse effects of that medic...
s provide patient
Patient

A patient is any person who receives medical attention, care, or Therapy. The person is most often illness or injured and in need of treatment by a physician or other Health care provider, although one who is visiting a physician for a routine check-up may also be viewed as a patient....
 care
Care

Care may refer to:* Care , a 1980s alternative rock band from Liverpool*...
 that optimizes the use of medication
Drug

A drug, broadly speaking, is any chemical substance that, when absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal bodily function....
 and promotes health
Health

In 1948, the World Health Organisation defined health as ?a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.? ...
, wellness
Wellness

Wellness may mean:*Wellness -Wellness is generally used to mean a healthy balance of the mind-body and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being....
 and disease
Disease

A disease or medical condition is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions, associated with specific symptoms and Medical signs....
 prevention
Prevention

Prevention refers to:*Prevention *Prevention , an album by Scottish people band De Rosa *Prevention , a magazine about health in the United States...
. Clinical pharmacists care for patients in all health care settings but the clinical pharmacy movement initially began inside hospital
Hospital

A hospital is an institution for health care providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment, and often but not always providing for longer-term patient stays....
s and clinics. Clinical pharmacists often collaborate with physician
Physician

A physician, medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, or medical doctor practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury....
s and other healthcare professionals.

Clinical pharmacists have extensive education
Education

File:Inukshuk Monterrey 1.jpgEducation can be seen as a product or a process and considered in a broad sense or a technical sense. According to philosophy of education George F....
 in the biomedical, pharmaceutical, sociobehavioral and clinical sciences. Most clinical pharmacists have a Doctor of Pharmacy
Doctor of Pharmacy

A Doctor of Pharmacy is a doctorate first professional degree academic degree given to a person who has completed the highest level of academic study in the field of pharmacy....
 (Pharm.D.) degree
Academic degree

A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as University, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study....
 and many have completed one or more years of post-graduate training (e.g. a general and/or specialty pharmacy residency). Many clinical pharmacists also choose to become Board Certified through the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS) which was organized in 1976 as an independent certification agency of APhA (American Pharmacists Association). A pharmacist may become a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS), a Board Certified Oncology Pharmacist (BCOP), Board Certified Nuclear Pharmacist (BCNP), Board Certified Nutrition Support Pharmacist (BCNSP), or a Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist (BCPP) through the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialities (BPS). There are also subspecialties within the Pharmacotherapy specialty: Cardiology and Infectious Disease. It is denoted as an "Added Qualification" or AQ. In order to obtain one of these specialties you must first be a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and then submit a portfolio to the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties for review to determine if they will grant you the added qualifications.

Within the system of health care
Health care

File:Ear surgery on a patient.jpgFile:Monoclonal antibodies3.jpgHealth care, or healthcare, refers to the treatment and management of illness, and the preservation of health through services offered by the Medicine, pharmaceutical, Dentistry, clinical laboratory sciences , nursing, and allied health professions....
, clinical pharmacists are expert
Expert

An "expert" is someone widely recognized as a reliabilism source of wikt:technique or skill whose faculty for judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely is accorded authority and status by their Peer groups or the public in a specific well distinguished domain....
s in the therapeutic use of medications. They routinely provide medication therapy
Therapy

This is a list of types of therapy.* Adventure therapy* Animal-assisted therapy* Aromatherapy* Art therapy* Authentic Movement* Behavioral therapy...
 evaluations and recommendation
Recommendation

A recommendation can be:* In technical contexts, a norm or a norm * European Union recommendation, in international law* W3C recommendation, in Internet contexts...
s to patients and other health care professionals. Clinical pharmacists are a primary source of scientifically valid information
Information

Information as a Conveyed concept has a diversity of meanings, from everyday usage to technical settings. Generally speaking, the concept of information is closely related to notions of constraint, communication, control system, data, form, instruction, knowledge, Meaning , stimulation, pattern, perception, and knowledge representation....
 and advice regarding the safe, appropriate, and cost-effective use of medications.

A more appropriate definition for clinical pharmacy is, "Clinical pharmacy is the branch of pharmacy which deals with various aspect of patient care, dispensing of drugs and advising patient on the safe and rational use of drug." In some states, clinical pharmacists are given prescriptive authority.

Basic components of clinical pharmacy practice:
  1. Prescribing drugs
  2. Dispensing and administering drugs
  3. Documenting professional services
  4. Reviewing drug use
  5. Communication
  6. Counseling
  7. Consulting


Scope of clinical pharmacy:
Drug Distribution Systems
Drug Information
Drug Utilization
Drug Evaluation and Selection
Medication Therapy Management
Formal Education and Training Program
Miscellaneous:Application of Electronic Data Processing(EDP).


See also

  • Professional Further Education in Clinical Pharmacy and Public Health
    Professional Further Education in Clinical Pharmacy and Public Health

    Professional Further Education in Clinical Pharmacy and Public Health is a Denmark First professional degree#Advanced professional degrees Postgraduate education Higher education Further education education for Danish Pharmaconomist....


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