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Will there ever be a time when a patient with multiple prescriptions walks into a pharmacy and has weekly/monthly medication "check ups"? I've only had limited time working in a pharmacy, but I remember patients having so many monthly prescriptions they didn't know what was what. I feel like a pharmacists knowledge could be much better utilized by keeping logs and weekly/monthly updates from the patient. In the cases with multiple rx's, I feel the clinical aspect could really improve a patient's life by possibly mitigating/eliminating side effects through suggesting alternate therapies. I'm not sure about charging for the service, but does anyone else see this as feasible?
I just think with the growing number of prescriptions people are on, it would exemplify a pharmacists ability and knowledge as a health care provider. I know a lot of people who think pharmacists are over payed pill pushers and maybe this could influence the uninformed. Does this already happen and I just not know?
I know there are some industries that thrive off of superior customer service (Costco, Inn-n-out, etc) could this not work?
I just think with the growing number of prescriptions people are on, it would exemplify a pharmacists ability and knowledge as a health care provider. I know a lot of people who think pharmacists are over payed pill pushers and maybe this could influence the uninformed. Does this already happen and I just not know?
I know there are some industries that thrive off of superior customer service (Costco, Inn-n-out, etc) could this not work?