Pharmaceutical Care Practice: The Clinician's Guide, Second Edition

This book is revised, expanded, and updated. Meet the challenges of developing a new patient-care pharmacy practice with the most practical and authoritative resource available. Written by leaders in the development of the pharmaceutical care practice model, "Pharmaceutical Care Practice" explains the pharmacist's new role in working with patients to develop drug therapy strategies that improve patients' quality of life by ensuring the best possible therapeutic outcomes. Whether you are a student or a practicing pharmacist seeking to improve your patient-care skills, use this book for the step-by-step implementation strategies needed to practice in this patient-centered environment: patient assessment, care plan development, follow-up evaluations, documentation, and reimbursement.This practical guide to providing pharmaceutical care helps readers: understand their increased role in drug therapy assessment and delivery; learn an effective process for applying your pharmacotherapeutic knowledge to identify and prevent or resolve drug therapy problems; establish a strong therapeutic relationship with your patients; optimize your patient's well-being by achieving therapeutic goals; improve your follow-up evaluation abilities; document your pharmaceutical care and obtain reimbursement; and, work collaboratively with other patient care providers. This new edition of "Pharmaceutical Care Practice" gives you the necessary skills to master the new demands of pharmacy practice with confidence. The new and expanded features in this edition include: patient's medication experience; the pharmacotherapy workup; standards of care; ethical considerations; reimbursement; documentation; and, new practice-based data.

Table of Contents:
CHAPTER ONE: AN OVERVIEW OF PHARMACEUTICAL CARE PRACTICE Professional Care Defined Pharmaceutical Care as a Generalist Practice The Language of Practice The Practitioner and the Patient Form a Practice The Pharmacotherapy Workup The Patient Care Process Chapter TWO: CLINICAL & ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PHARMACEUTICAL CARE PRACTICE Introduction Assurance Pharmaceutical Care Documentation System The Patient Sample Drug Therapy Problems Identified and Resolved Level of Patient Complexity Interventions Made in Care Plan Development Patient Outcomes The Economic Impact of the Practice Summary CHAPTER THREE: THE PRACTITIONER'S RESPONSIBILITIES Practive Responsibilities The Practitioner's Philosophy of Practice The Responsibility to Care The Values Involved in Caring for Patients< The Standards of Professional Behavior Summary CHAPTER FOUR: THE PATIENT'S ROLE The Therapeutic Relationship Defined Building the Therapeutic Relationship The Impact of the Therapeutic Relationship The Patient's Rights and Responsibilities Summary CHAPTER FIVE: THE PATIENT'S MEDICATION EXPERIENCE The Patient's Medication Exoerience Defined Understanding the Patient's Medication Experience Summary CHAPTER SIX: The Assessment Purpose, Activities, and Responsibilities Meeting the Patient Eliciting Information from the Patient The Pharmacotherapy Workup Drug Therapy Problem Identification Summarizing the Assessment Documenting the Assessment Summary CHAPTER SEVEN: DRUG THERAPY PROBLEMS Drug Therapy Problems: Terminology >h4>Categories and Common Causes of Drug Therapy Problems Stating Drug Therapy Problems Prioritizing Drug Therapy Problems Patients with no Drug Therapy Problems Documenting Drug Therapy Problems Summary CHAPTER EIGHT: THE CARE PLAN Purpose, Activities, and Responsibilities Establishing Goals of Therapy Interventions Schedule and Plan for Follow-up Evaluations Documenting the Care plan Summary CHAPTER NINE: FOLLOW-UP EVALUATION Purpose, Activities and Responsibilities Evaluating Effectivness of Drug Therapies Evaluating the Safety of Drug Therapies Determining the Clinical Outcome Status Evaluation for New Drug Therapy Problems Schedule for Continuous Follow-up Evaluations Summary CHAPTER TEN: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PRACTICE Introduction Issues of the Law Professional Codes of Conduct Common Ethical Considerations in Pharmaceutical Care Practice Identifying Common Ethical Problems Workup of an Ethical Problem Summary CHAPTER ELEVEN: ACQUIRING THE KNOWLEDGE YOU NEED TO PRACTICE Becoming Familiar With What You Need to Know Understanding the Important Repationships Knowledge You Need About the Patient Knowledge You Need About the Patient's Medical Conditions Knowledge You Need About the Patient's Drug Therapies Summary CHAPTER TWELVE:ACQUIRING THE CLINICAL SKILLS YOU BEED TO PRACTICE Introduction Obtaining Clinical Information from the Patient Communication Skills Documentation in Practice Learning to be Reflective in Practice Summary CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE PHARMACOTHERAPY PATIENT CASE PRESENTATION Purpose of the Patient Case Presnetation Need for a Specific Format You First Case Presentation Assessment of the Patient's Drug-related Needs Drug Therapy Problem Identification The Care Plan Follow-up Evaluation Summary of the Case Common Problems in the Case Presnetation Written Case Summaries Example of a Pharmacotherapy Care Presentation Summary CHAPTER FOURTEEN: ESTABLISHING A NEW PHARMACEUTICAL CARE PRACTICE Introduction Guidelines for Building a Patient Care Practice Becoming Financially Viable Summary Appendix A - Standards of Practice for Pharmaceutical Care APPENDIX B - Glossary APPENDIX C - Pharmacotherapy Workup Notes APPENDIX D - Pharmacotherapy Patient Case Presentation

About the Author :
Dr. Cipolle is a member of the graduate faculty of the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy graduate programs in Hospital Pharmacy and Social and Administrative Pharmacy. He has developed educational programs for pharmacy students, residents, fellows and graduate students in therapeutic drug monitoring, specialty areas of pharmacotherapy, and pharmaceutical care. Dr. Cipolle has been instrumental in the efforts to implement problem-based education in the pharmacy curricula. Dr. Cipolle has also been a primary investigator on a 3 year $1 million research project entitled: The Implementation and Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Care in the Community Practice Setting. He currently teaches the practice of pharmaceutical care in the professional curriculum, trains practicing pharmacists, and conducts research in the community practice setting. Presently, Dr. Cipolle serves as the Director of the Peters Institute of Pharmaceutical Care at the University of Minnesota which serves as a research and program development unit devoted to the advancement of pharmaceutical care.