Pharmacists and Pharmacy Care (Resolution 107-4-11)

May 26, 2011 10:09 am Topics: Resolutions

Resolution No. 107-4-11
Title: Pharmacists and Pharmacy Care
Action: Pass

Whereas, population demographics are leading the United States health care delivery system toward an inadequate supply of physicians and other practitioners that provide primary health care to the burgeoning population of aging and underserved Americans; and

Whereas, pharmacists in many US states currently possess limited prescribing authority and authority to dispense medications pursuant to collaborative protocols and procedures agreed upon by the pharmacist and the practitioner; and

Whereas, pharmacists in many US states are caring for patients by performing medication therapy management (MTM) and other collaborative drug therapy management arrangements with practitioners;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that NABP encourage and support efforts by the profession to study the primary health care activities in which pharmacists can be engaged and methods by which pharmacists could be incorporated into the medical home model to address the impending paucity of primary health care providers and the abyss between the availability of primary health care providers and the growing demand for primary health care services; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that NABP work with the Federation of State Medical Boards, National Council of State Boards of Nursing, the state boards of pharmacy, and other stakeholders to facilitate a broader understanding of the potential for pharmacists, as providers, to engage in primary health care activities and ensure appropriate availability of primary health care services for all citizens.
 

(Resolution passed at the NABP 107th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX)