Study Set Content:
In the provision of pharmaceutical care,
pharmacists are providing information to patients,
whereas the () is often
providing drug information to other health
professionals.
drug information specialist
is an integral part of pharmacist
supervised patient care.
Drug information
Pharmacists can and will be held liable for their
conduct relating to
DI
is a specialized discipline of pharmacy practice.
DI
Specialists are held to the highest degree of care
by the
law
Because of the DI pharmacists’ greater () in
the area of DI, it is likely that the courts would
expand their legal and professional liability beyond
that of other pharmacists.
expertise
The liability of the DI specialist versus generalist
differs for a number of reasons, the most obvious of
which are the () of the information provided
and the () of the information.
nature, recipients
The DI specialist is most often providing DI to other
health professionals and often has the title
Drug
Information Specialist or Clinical Manager
Functions such as online searching, monitoring or
recommending drug therapy, preparing drug alerts
and pharmacy bulletins, participating in pharmacy
and therapeutics (P&T) committees, conducting
medication use evaluations (MUE), writing and
revising medication policies, training residents,
pharmacy students, and pharmacy staff, and
identifying adverse drug events entail legal
obligations of
proper performance
Providing DI to
patients, caregivers, and health
care professionals.
Creating and maintaining()of a variety of
print and online educational resources for patients
(e.g., tip sheets, pamphlets) and health care
professionals (e.g., in service documents,
newsletters) on topics such as ()
optimal medication
use, general health, or select clinical questionscurrency,
Educating health care professionals on safe and
effective medication use (),
including development of resources to
communicate this().
policies and processes, information
in continuing education
services for health care professionals.
Leading or participating
() pharmacy students and
residents.
Precepting and educating
Participating in () and ()
quality improvement research
projects , drug cost analyses.
Contributing to the () and
providing() for other contributors
biomedical literature, peer review
is the name given to a body of law that
creates, and provides remedies for, civil wrongs
that do not arise out of contractual duties.
TORT LAW
A tort is a
legal wrong.
Tort law establishes conditions under which victims
can shift at least some of the costs they incur to
others.
A person who is legally injured may be able to use
tort law to recover damages from someone who is
legally responsible, or () for those injuries.
"liable,"
