Value Added Services

Which of the following are types of value-added services that pharmacists can implement?

• Medication Therapy Management

• Monitoring/Screening and Wellness/Health-Promotion Services

• Disease-state Management

• Case Management

• Offering the least costly medication to patients

Match the following types of Medication Therapy Management

• A med synch program. A pharmacist proactively reviews the patients profile and improves adherence

• Comprehensive

• Occurs during the dispensing process when a medication therapy problem is identified

• Appointment Based Model

• Pharmacist provides CMR, identifies problems with patients medication therapy, develops action plan

• Focused

Match the following steps in the Pharmacist Patient Care Process

• Patient med and social history, lab data, physical assessment, habits

• Evaluate and Assess

• Individualized patient centered plan that addresses the patients medication related problems

• Implement

• the plan in collaboration with MD, nurses, and healthcare providers

• Develop

• The patients progress toward therapeutic goals, and following up with the patient

• Monitor

• Information in order to make a decision regarding patients current therapy

• Collect

Appropriate documentation of the 5 steps of the Pharmacists Patient Care Process is an integral component and should occur at each step.

• True

• False

Which of the following is not a component of a value added service to consider before implementation?

• Data Collection

• Pharmacy Based Laboratory

• Medication Management Protocols

• Patient Education

• Patient Social History

​ (a)   implementing monitoring/screening services utilizing devices that measure patient specimens need to apply for a ​ (b)   waiver. This is administered by the ​ (c)  

• Pharmacies
• CLIA
• CMS
• CDC
• PRIA
• Organizations

Pharmacists need only to be knowledgeable about the CLIA when it comes to workplace safety

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Pharmacists must be knowledgeable about OSHA, that regulates workplace safety.

Which are true regarding the CLIA test?

• The CDC and FDA consider them to be simple to administer and have little risk of error

• Pharmacists providing waived tests agree to follow good lab practices

• It provides patient educational resources to reinforce important educational messages

• Developed to help guide the pharmacists therapeutic decisions

A Collaborative Practice Agreement

• Should be developed to help guide the pharmacists therapeutic decisions

• Must be evidence based and supported by primary literature and national guidelines

• Must all be signed, and a copy kept at the pharmacy and physicians practice

• Should provide clinical outcomes that are easy to assess

Which of the following is not an important aspect of patient education?

• Provide educational resources to reinforce important educational messages

• Resources need to be reviewed for accuracy and completeness and revised frequently

• The patient's health literacy needs to be assessed

• The patients social history and lifestyle habits