Abstract
Objectives. Highlighting the role of pharmacists in Romanian community pharmacies, in order to build rational approaches, and to establish the legal framework for the implementation of the pharmaceutical services. Analysis of activities carried out in community pharmacies in Romania and evaluation of the potential of pharmacists to provide quality pharmaceutical services. Results. Most pharmacists in community pharmacies in Romania provide advice on medicines and other health services, without them being acknowledged or remunerated. The implementation and recognition of the pharmaceutical service is imperative and involves the establishment of unitary, quantifiable quality standards for each service, so as to benefit the patient, the medical staff and the health system. Conclusions. Maximizing the intervention of community pharmacists in optimizing public health, by implementing pharmaceutical services, could reduce health care costs, and relieve medical staff, making it easier to manage current or crisis situations.
Highlights
The community pharmacies are, for many citizens, the first point of contact with the healthcare system, with pharmacists being the interface between doctor and patient, offering both advice on the correct use of medicines and advice on health education for the population
The community pharmacy is an important component of the health system, providing pharmaceutical care, an essential public service to the entire community they serve [1,2]
Pharmaceutical care is defined in that document as “the responsible provision of medicine therapy in order to achieve quantifiable results that improve the quality of life of patients” and “involves a process by which a pharmacist cooperates with a patient or other professionals in the design, implementation and monitoring of the therapeutic plan that will produce specific therapeutic results for the patient”
Summary
Most pharmacists in community pharmacies in Romania provide advice on medicines and other health services, without them being acknowledged or remunerated. The implementation and recognition of the pharmaceutical service is imperative and involves the establishment of unitary, quantifiable quality standards for each service, so as to benefit the patient, the medical staff and the health system
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