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Table 22,2 Enam langkah Apoteker dalam hasil pemeriksaan terapi obat
In the hospital environment, the patient too often remains a faceless entity, a medical record
number of a chart outside a room. Strand and colleagues suggest that pharmaceutical care is a
component of pharmacy practice, residing at the level between the pharmacist and patient or
family. Medication histories are one mechanism for pharmacists to assist the patient in
making the transition from home to hospital. While the purposes of a medication history are
manyfold, often this is a first step to estabilishing the pharmacistpatient relationship.
Interviewing a patient and reviewing a patients medical record are one means of providing
pharmaceutical care. Although a medication history may provide important information about
patient and his or her drug therapy, time and manpower limitations may well preclude the
pharmacist from interviewingeach patien. Several authors have described specific criteria for
screening those patients most likely to benefit from pharmacist-conducted medication
histories. Examples of these criteria are seen in Table 22.1. Other authors suggest the use of
computer technology in obtaining medication histories. Althought this may help in collecting
the necessary information, an in person follow-up by the pharmacist is critical to establising
the pharmacist-patien relationship. Professional judgement is critical in deciding which
patient or patients will benefit most from such pharmacist interaction.
Pharmacists caring for patients with complex medication histories or patients will limited
recall capacity might well benefit from personally contacting the patients own local or
primary pharmacist. This professional-to-professional contact by the hospitals pharmacist to
the patients primary pharmacist can lead to a clearer understanding of a patient and his or her
medication regimen and assure a smoother transition from outpatient setting to inpatient
setting.
In all instances of patient interaction, especially medication histories, the pharmacist should
discuss the findings of the interview with ofter health care professionals responsible for the
patients care. This includes, but is not limited to, the medical, nursing, and dietary staff
caring for patient. Practitioners should document the medication history in the patients
permanent medical record to serve as a legal record for the iteraction and as an educational
reminderfor the other health care professionals caring for the patient. Other authors advocate
the doucumentation of all interventions performed by a pharmacist.
A key element of pharmaceutical care is the follow-up monitoring of the patient drug therapy.
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