Consultant Pharmacy
Learning Objectives: - correct answer-- To understand the role of the consultant pharmacist
in long-term care and community practice
- Review the responsibilities of the consultant pharmacist to their patients and facilities
- Understand the concepts of medication regimen review utilized by consultant pharmacists
- Gain insight on running a consultant pharmacy practice
- Discuss recent changes recommended in the federal registry and how these changes
impact consultant pharmacy practice
Long-Term Care and Consulting Pharmacy: - correct answer-Roots of consultant pharmacy
practice in provision of pharmacy services to nursing homes (SNFs) and other LTC
environments
Concept originated less than 4 decades ago
Today, consultant pharmacists provide services to more than 1.8 million NF residents and 20
million others in a variety of care environments
Where does the term "Consultant Pharmacist" come from? - correct answer-George F.
Archambault, often referred to as the "founding father" of this unique and exciting clinical
work, coined the phrase "consultant pharmacist." The name originated in the nursing home
environment when a group of innovative pharmacists focused on improving patient
outcomes through judicious use of medications in these long-term care facilities.
Consultant pharmacists now practice in a wide variety of other settings, including sub-acute
and post-acute care, assisted living facilities, psychiatric hospitals, hospice programs,
correctional facilities, and in home and community-based care -- wherever seniors reside.
Consultant pharmacists share a common commitment to enhance the quality of care for all
older persons through person-centered care, including medication use and promotion of
healthy aging.
What is a Consultant Pharmacist?
A consultant or senior care pharmacist is a pharmacist who provides expert advice on the
use of medications to individuals and older adults, wherever they live. - correct
answer-Consultant and senior care pharmacists are committed to providing person-centered
care, taking into account the complex interrelationships between disease states, nutrition,
medications, and other variables. They are essential clinicians on the health care team, and
influential decision-makers in all aspects of medication therapy.
Consultant pharmacists counsel patients, provide information and recommendations to
prescribers and caregivers, review patients' medication regimens, present in-service
, educational programs, and oversee medication distribution services. While a consultant
pharmacist may provide this type of clinical expertise to any age group, senior care
pharmacists focus on the special pharmacotherapeutic challenges of the senior citizen.
cont... - correct answer-- Provider of pharmacy systems
- Educator
- Drug information resource and specialist
- Clinical practitioner
- Patient care advocate
- Member of the health-care interdisciplinary team (IDT)
- *Wellness Coach
- *Transition Care Manager
What does a "Consultant" or Senior Care Pharmacist do? - correct answer-Senior care
pharmacists have specialized knowledge in geriatrics, geriatric pharmacotherapy, and the
unique medication-related needs of the senior population, which they apply in the provision
of pharmaceutical care.
Senior care pharmacy practice is unique in that it is (population rather than site specific).
Senior care pharmacists practice geriatric pharmacotherapy in all settings.
In providing person-centered care, senior care pharmacists look at their patients holistically
-- as individuals for whom quality of life and quality of care are mutually significant and
necessary.
Senior care and consultant pharmacists reduce medication-related problems and improve
therapeutic outcomes.
Through careful medication regimen review, these pharmacists minimize the health risks of
seniors taking medications that could be inappropriate and recommend more appropriate
choices, including discontinuation of unnecessary medications.
Untreated or undertreated health concerns are identified and treatment recommendations
are made, taking into account potential side effects and drug/food/disease interactions.
The entire medication regimen, including those taken "prn" is carefully reviewed, including
prescription, OTC, dietary supplements, and herbal products to determine whether the
product is necessary, dosed correctly, safe for the patient, and affordable.
The senior care pharmacist both educates others in the clinical team as to medication
management, and takes continuing education courses in this area to further
self-development.
Senior care pharmacists participate in facility quality assurance programs, conduct
clinician-training sessions, and ensure appropriate clinical practice guidelines are met and
followed by the facility.
What are the daily activities of a Consultant Pharmacist? - correct answer-Consultant
pharmacists are involved in many different aspects of health care delivery:
Medication therapy management (MTM)
Medication regimen review (MRR)
Chronic disease state management
Patient and caregiver counseling
Learning Objectives: - correct answer-- To understand the role of the consultant pharmacist
in long-term care and community practice
- Review the responsibilities of the consultant pharmacist to their patients and facilities
- Understand the concepts of medication regimen review utilized by consultant pharmacists
- Gain insight on running a consultant pharmacy practice
- Discuss recent changes recommended in the federal registry and how these changes
impact consultant pharmacy practice
Long-Term Care and Consulting Pharmacy: - correct answer-Roots of consultant pharmacy
practice in provision of pharmacy services to nursing homes (SNFs) and other LTC
environments
Concept originated less than 4 decades ago
Today, consultant pharmacists provide services to more than 1.8 million NF residents and 20
million others in a variety of care environments
Where does the term "Consultant Pharmacist" come from? - correct answer-George F.
Archambault, often referred to as the "founding father" of this unique and exciting clinical
work, coined the phrase "consultant pharmacist." The name originated in the nursing home
environment when a group of innovative pharmacists focused on improving patient
outcomes through judicious use of medications in these long-term care facilities.
Consultant pharmacists now practice in a wide variety of other settings, including sub-acute
and post-acute care, assisted living facilities, psychiatric hospitals, hospice programs,
correctional facilities, and in home and community-based care -- wherever seniors reside.
Consultant pharmacists share a common commitment to enhance the quality of care for all
older persons through person-centered care, including medication use and promotion of
healthy aging.
What is a Consultant Pharmacist?
A consultant or senior care pharmacist is a pharmacist who provides expert advice on the
use of medications to individuals and older adults, wherever they live. - correct
answer-Consultant and senior care pharmacists are committed to providing person-centered
care, taking into account the complex interrelationships between disease states, nutrition,
medications, and other variables. They are essential clinicians on the health care team, and
influential decision-makers in all aspects of medication therapy.
Consultant pharmacists counsel patients, provide information and recommendations to
prescribers and caregivers, review patients' medication regimens, present in-service
, educational programs, and oversee medication distribution services. While a consultant
pharmacist may provide this type of clinical expertise to any age group, senior care
pharmacists focus on the special pharmacotherapeutic challenges of the senior citizen.
cont... - correct answer-- Provider of pharmacy systems
- Educator
- Drug information resource and specialist
- Clinical practitioner
- Patient care advocate
- Member of the health-care interdisciplinary team (IDT)
- *Wellness Coach
- *Transition Care Manager
What does a "Consultant" or Senior Care Pharmacist do? - correct answer-Senior care
pharmacists have specialized knowledge in geriatrics, geriatric pharmacotherapy, and the
unique medication-related needs of the senior population, which they apply in the provision
of pharmaceutical care.
Senior care pharmacy practice is unique in that it is (population rather than site specific).
Senior care pharmacists practice geriatric pharmacotherapy in all settings.
In providing person-centered care, senior care pharmacists look at their patients holistically
-- as individuals for whom quality of life and quality of care are mutually significant and
necessary.
Senior care and consultant pharmacists reduce medication-related problems and improve
therapeutic outcomes.
Through careful medication regimen review, these pharmacists minimize the health risks of
seniors taking medications that could be inappropriate and recommend more appropriate
choices, including discontinuation of unnecessary medications.
Untreated or undertreated health concerns are identified and treatment recommendations
are made, taking into account potential side effects and drug/food/disease interactions.
The entire medication regimen, including those taken "prn" is carefully reviewed, including
prescription, OTC, dietary supplements, and herbal products to determine whether the
product is necessary, dosed correctly, safe for the patient, and affordable.
The senior care pharmacist both educates others in the clinical team as to medication
management, and takes continuing education courses in this area to further
self-development.
Senior care pharmacists participate in facility quality assurance programs, conduct
clinician-training sessions, and ensure appropriate clinical practice guidelines are met and
followed by the facility.
What are the daily activities of a Consultant Pharmacist? - correct answer-Consultant
pharmacists are involved in many different aspects of health care delivery:
Medication therapy management (MTM)
Medication regimen review (MRR)
Chronic disease state management
Patient and caregiver counseling
