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Ambulatory Care Pathway
Faculty
- Amy Nicholas, Pharm.D., CDE - Coordinator
- Aimee Adams, Pharm.D.
- Holly Divine, Pharm.D., CGP, CDE
- Dwaine Green, R.Ph.
- Robert Kuhn, Pharm.D.
- Mike Jones, Pharm.D.
- Melody Ryan, Pharm.D. CGP, BCPS
- Joseph Fink III, B.S.Pharm, J.D.
- Margaret Nowak-Rapp, Pharm.D.
What does the ambulatory care pharmacist do?
- Serves as a primary healthcare provider on the health care team for patients with certain disease states.
- Educates patients, caregivers and health care providers about disease states and drug therapy related to these disease states.
- Provides care in a variety of pharmacist-managed clinics that address the following: diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, anticoagulation, psychiatry, oncology, infectious disease and smoking cessation
- Reviews drug regimen for safety, efficacy and cost-effectiveness; offers alternative regimens where applicable.
- Manages patients at risk for or experiencing drug-related problems (e.g. noncompliance, adverse drug reactions)
- Performs Point of Care Testing (POC) for various laboratory parameters such as blood glucose, A1c, Lipid Panel, Liver Function and INR in order to monitor drug therapy
- Collaborates with other healthcare professionals to devise the most appropriate care plan for an individual patientul.
Why pursue the ambulatory care pathway?
- Gain hands-on experience in managing a variety of disease states
- Improve physical assessment skills
- Perform Point of Care (POC) testing
- Collaborate with other health care professionals in order to develop treatment plans for the patient
- Gain exposure to collaborative care agreements
- Be exposed to various clinical practice models as well as the development, initiation and maintenance of these models
- Be exposed to methods of billing/collecting payments for clinical pharmacy services
- Gain experience in defining and collecting outcomes as a means of justifying existence and payment of clinical pharmacy services