Aims of Clinical pharmacy

The aim of the clinical pharmacy is to ensure the patient's maximum well-being and to play a meaningful role in the safe and rational use of drugs. The main goals of clinical pharmacy are:

1.  To assist the physician in doing a better job of prescribing and monitoring drug therapy for the patient.

2. To assist medical and para-medical staff and documenting medication incidents correctly.

3. To maximise the patient's compliance in drug use process.

Qualities of clinical pharmacist:

1. Communication Skill. The clinical pharmacist should have good communication skills, in order to communicate with the patient and co-professionals freely and effectively.

2. Clinical Skills. The clinical pharmacist should have thorough knowledge  about  etiology  of a disease,  signs,  symptoms. pathophysiology, laboratory tests, pharmacokinetics. etc. He should be clinically trained for providing information on rational drug use, related drug therapy, and for reviewing drug doses.

3. Professional Relationship. He should be able to understand and appreciate the role of medical and para-medical staff wherever possible. He must accompany physician on medical rounds to assist him by providing drug informations. The physician, pharmacists and nurses should develop an inter-professional relationship with each other to enhance the quality of patient care.

4. Empathy. Clinical pharmacist should possess a deep sense of shared responsibility towards medical care of patients. It will help him in taking medication history and gaining patient's confidence.

5. Monitoring Drug Therapy. Clinical pharmacist must help in monitoring drug therapy because it is an on-going process and keeps on changing depending upon patient's conditions.

Clinical pharmacy services are of considerable importance in all the hospitals because clinical pharmacist can serve as a guide to physician for safe and rational use of drugs. A clinical pharmacist can help to achieve economy in the hospital by planning safe drug policies, suggesting means of reductions of waste, by preventing misuse or pilferage of drugs and in the preparation of budget by forecasting future drug needs of hospital, based upon their, drug utilization patterns.


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