January 6, 2011
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Marie Chisholm-Burns, a professor at the University of Arizona's College of Pharmacy, discusses the value of involving pharmacists in patient care.
Recent research has revealed what those in the pharmacy and healthcare fields have long known: patients do better when they involve their pharmacist in their treatment plan.
That comes as no surprise to Marie Chisholm-Burns, whose painstaking research helped quantify the role of pharmacists in patients' care and recovery. She shares her findings and their potential impact on the human and economic health of the nation.
yeah.It really is an interesting yet well known finding.However, I do not know how many of the mainstay Health Care providers understand this.
Doctor Burns is a very good spokesperson for pharmacy, pointing out the role pharmacist must play in the future. The hurdle is acceptance of this model becasue it does add a layer of cost, or at least a shift in cost, that with time produces a overall savings to the system as a whole. It takes vision to see this and realize the ROI that parmacist can contribute. The other piece is improved patient benefits. Pharmacist with their special knowledge of medicaions, alternate therapies and base knowleege of cost, make them especially valuable as the sounding board for medication therapies. Physicians and administrators are starting to acknowledge this.
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Very interesting research. Pharmacists bring a important perspective to care and I am glad that Dr. Chisholm-Burns has highlighted that fact. Team based care make a lot of sense, physician at the helm, supported by nurses, social work, physical therapy, pharmacists. etc.