Their primary goal is to develop individual patient care and to have a way to track and monitor patient charts to go beyond the prescription filling site. They strive to do more patient interaction and forum to improve patient interviews. They desire to implement patient care. Their future goal is to team with physicians to share patients who need added attention to better their care. This program is not permanent but it is a pilot program to determine how pharmacist intervention has worked and if it really improves patient care.
Pharmacists can bill the state for cognitive services.
Examples include pre-filling insulin syringes for patients with vision problems or monitor blood glucose levels to people who are incapable of doing it themselves. The prescription for these services have certain NDC numbers that go along with the drugs so that the state can keep tract online. They had to attend a patient care symposium.