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A consultant pharmacist is a specialized 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...
. The main principle of consultant pharmacy is Pharmaceutical care
Pharmaceutical care

Pharmaceutical care is the responsible provision of drug therapy for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve a patient's quality of life ....
 term developed by Hepler and Strand in 1990.








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A consultant pharmacist is a specialized 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...
. The main principle of consultant pharmacy is Pharmaceutical care
Pharmaceutical care

Pharmaceutical care is the responsible provision of drug therapy for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve a patient's quality of life ....
 term developed by Hepler and Strand in 1990.

In the United States

In the US, a consultant pharmacist focuses on reviewing and managing the medication regimens of 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....
s, particularly those in institutional settings such as nursing home
Nursing home

A nursing home, skilled nursing facility , or skilled nursing unit , also known as a rest home, is a type of care of residents: it is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living....
s. Consultant pharmacists ensure their patients’ medications are appropriate, effective, as safe as possible and used correctly; and identify, resolve, and prevent medication-related problems
Adverse drug reaction

An adverse drug reaction or adverse drug event is an expression that describes the unwanted, negative consequences associated with the use of given medications....
 that may interfere with the goals of therapy.

In the United Kingdom

In the UK's NHS, a consultant pharmacist refers to a specialised hospital pharmacist who has advanced roles in patient care, research and education in a specific medical speciality.

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