Developing models for pharmacy practice

摘要

All hospital and health-system phar-rnmacists have a stake in The Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative (PPMI) sponsored by ASHP and the ASHP Research and Education Foundation, given that one of its major objectives is to "determine patient care-related services that should be consistently provided by departments of pharmacy."1 Pharmacists must define their own destiny rather than wait for others to define it for them. A cursory Internet search for definitions of "practice of medicine" and "practice of pharmacy" illustrates common perceptions ofrnthe two professions. Words used to describe "practice of medicine" are patient-focused (e.g., preventing, healing, curing), whereas hits for "practice of pharmacy" refer the searcher to "pharmacy," which is defined in product-focused terms such as dispensing and preparing. Thus, I welcome the PPMI and hope here to bring some insight into the discussion.