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 (DI) PRACTICE
is an integral part of pharmacist supervised patient care.
Drug information
can and will be held liable for their conduct relating to DI.
Pharmacists
is a specialized discipline of pharmacy practice.
DI
are held to the highest degree of care by the law.
Specialists
Because of the_____ pharmacists’ greater expertise in the area of DI, it is likely that the courts would expand their legal and professional liability beyond that of other pharmacists.
DI
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
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 questions.
currency
Educating health care professionals on safe and effective medication use _____ including development of () to communicate this information.
policies and processes, resources
in continuing education services for health care professionals.
Leading or participating
pharmacy students and residents.
Precepting and educating
Participating in quality improvement research projects and
drug cost analyses
Contributing to the biomedical literature and providing
peer review for other contributors
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 _____they incur to others.
shift at least some of the costs
may be able to use tort law to recover damages from someone who is legally responsible, or "liable," for those injuries.
A person who is legally injured
