Community Based Pharmacy Practice Innovation and the Role of the Community Based Pharmacist Practitioner in the United States
Community based pharmacy practice is evolving from a focus on product preparation and dispensing to becoming a health care destination within the four walls of the traditional community based pharmacy. Furthermore, community based pharmacy practice is expanding beyond the four walls of the traditional community based pharmacy to provide care to patients where they need it. Pharmacists involved in this transition are community based pharmacist practitioners who are primarily involved in leading and advancing team based patient care services in communities to improve the patient health. This paper will review community based pharmacy practice innovations and the role of the community based pharmacist practitioner in the United States.
Pharmacy