Standards of Practice for Clinical Pharmacists: The Time Has Come

Abstract

(Pharmacotherapy 2014;34(8):769–770) doi: 10.1002/phar.1450 The lack of a standardized and reproducible practice by which clinical pharmacists optimize patients ’ medication-related outcomes has been an Achilles ’ heel for the clinical pharmacy disci-pline. Without a well-defined patient care process that is used by clinical pharmacists consistently and collaboratively across practice settings, other members of the health care team have remained uncertain, and perhaps even doubtful, of what to expect from clinical pharmacists and whether clinical pharmacists could reliably contribute to improved patient outcomes. Researchers seeking to study the impact of clinical pharmacists on patient outcomes have been hampered by the hig

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Redesign of the Clinical Pharmacy Practice Model in a Tertiary Academic Hospital in Medellín, Colombia

“…The literature search yielded publications related to the following key elements: standards of practice 11,12,[19][20][21] ; practice model experiences and considerations, in terms of services offered by the clinical pharmacy and workforce/staffing 1,3,[22][23][24][25][26][27] ; and training, competencies, and skills of clinical pharmacists.…”

Establishing a standardized clinical pharmacy practice model within the Veterans Health Administration: Evolution of the credentialing and professional practice evaluation process

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“…Developing a standardized practice model and a consistent process for the provision of clinical pharmacy services has been described by some as the "Achilles heel of the clinical pharmacy discipline." 1 The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists' (ASHP) 2010 Pharmacy Practice Model Summit advocated for pharmacists to work at the "top of their license." 2 The American College of Clinical Pharmacy in their Standards of Practice for Clinical Pharmacists, set forth expectations regarding the practice including, but not limited to the qualifications, the process of care, and privileging.…”