Pharmaceutical care is a patient-centered, outcomes oriented, pharmacy practice.
It requires the pharmacist to work in concert with the patient and the patient's other healthcare providers to promote health, to prevent disease, and to assess, monitor, initiate, and modify medication use to assure that drug therapy regimens are safe and effective. Pharmacists as Pharmaceutical Care Managers Pharmacists are moving from behind the counter to play a pivotal role in patient care management. The leading health care authority on medication, the pharmacist is the most logical member of a total health care management team to gauge the usage and efficacy of medication, patients' medication use patterns, and alternative therapies. Pharmacies as Health Consultation Centers Making pharmaceutical care a key to successful health care programs means redesigning the traditional pharmacy environment and services. Private consulting areas, pharmacist house calls and medication monitoring procedures are but a few of the revolutionary changes the pharmacy profession is devising to ensure adequate and proper pharmaceutical care for consumers.