Pharmaceutical Care warns of the importance of the pharmacist in caring for chronically ill

pharmacy before the chronicity

-the President of the Pharmaceutical Care Foundation, Borja García Bikuña, participated in a conference with Health Minister the Basque Government and other players in the health and pharmaceutical Basque on ‘ pharmacy the challenge of chronic ’.

-Bikuña García advocates seek a way to promote the systematic implementation of pharmaceutical care that the patient get the maximum benefit from medications and limit the risks involved.

-30% of consultations in emergency services and up to 6% of hospital admissions have to do with problems related to medications, and half of chronic patients are poorly controlled.

– “ the pharmacist is the ideal health professional to develop this care work, through its commitment to training and lifelong learning ”

-the Foundation intends to use the available scientific evidence as a basis for the practical implementation of the AF.

Bilbao, February 2012. The Department of health of the Basque Government, led by Rafael Bengoa, has made attention to chronic patients their great workhorse in its health strategy for the Basque country. What is the role of the pharmacy in this scenario? It is what was discussed yesterday on the day the pharmacy of the Basque country the challenge of chronicity, which was held at the Hospital de Cruces and with participation of the main actors of the health and pharmaceutical sector of the Basque country, which include, in addition to Counselor Bengoa, Deputy Minister Jesus María Fernández and the Director of pharmacy Dove Acevedo, the Presidents of the three official schools of Farmáceuticos and the President of the Pharmaceutical Care Foundation, Borja García Bikuña.

The President of Pharmaceutical Care, community pharmacist in Bilbao, has just talked about the impact and contribution of pharmaceutical care. In his speech, Bikuña García has warned of the importance of promoting the systematic and universal implementation of the care pharmaceutical (AF) with the aim of ensuring equity in the health care service provided and “ develop it properly so that the patient get the maximum benefit from medications and limit the risks involved ”.

The expert has pointed out, moreover, that 30% of consultations in emergency services and up to 6% of hospital admissions have to do with problems related to drugs, and that half of chronic patients are poorly controlled. That is where the work of the AF, as an active part in improving the quality of life of the patient through the dispensation, the pharmaceutical indication and monitoring Pharmacotherapy, the three great pillars of the AF. “ Everything attached to cooperation with your doctor and other health professionals ”, said Bikuña Garcia. In fact, care coordination among health professionals is one of the priority objectives of the Foundation who chairs.

Thus, advocates consider the patient as the cornerstone of care activity and, for the chronic patient make the most the drugs must take identifying risks, the pharmacist is the suitable health professional “ for his commitment to the training and learning ”. Therefore, since the Foundation appealed to those involved in health management to optimize the health potential of pharmacy professional through the AF, using scientific evidence for the practical implementation of the same and organizing the human and material resources necessary.

Borja Garcia of Bikuña also advocates give a definitive boost to the pharmaceutical care and leave of “ evading Partridge ”, and get down to work to finish with “ the snake biting its tail ” which has become the pharmaceutical care and puts the Foundation available to relevant stakeholders to achieve it.

Pharmaceutical Care

The Pharmaceutical Care Foundation is a private non-profit dedicated to promoting scientific and professional activities on pharmaceutical care, validating the quality of them. Also, it offers to its partners, information and training, and promotes research in pharmaceutical care. It also promotes scientific communication, for what has an own publication, Pharmaceutical Care Spain. The Foundation celebrates the National Congress of pharmaceutical care since 1999, the day of update in Pharmacotherapy since 2002 and offer addition accredited courses of continuing education for distance “ Pharmaceutical Care ”.