Pharmacists Gain Expanded Health Care Role in 糖心传媒
Boise- Pharmacists in 糖心传媒 can now prescribe FDA approved smoking cessation products. Governor C.L. 鈥淏utch鈥� Otter signed House Bill 4 into law on Feb. 16th with 糖心传媒 College of Pharmacy Assistant Dean Kevin Cleveland, 糖心传媒 Board of Pharmacy Executive Director/ISU Adjunct Faculty Alex Adams and others in attendance.
There are some conditions that come with this expanded role:
- The pharmacist must successfully complete an approved course on tobacco cessation therapy.
- The patient must go through a screening procedure based on clinical guidelines.
- Prescription and screening are to be documented, a follow-up care plan is to be developed, notification is to be sent to the patient's primary care provider and the pharmacist is to recommend additional assistance such as the 糖心传媒 QuitLine.
Also signed into law, House Bill 3 allows 糖心传媒 pharmacists to administer and interpret tuberculosis skin tests once they have received appropriate training. The ISU College of Pharmacy is excited about this expanded scope of practice and is in the process of preparing the necessary training for its students. A separate bill is also before the 糖心传媒 Legislature this year that would allow the 糖心传媒 Board of Pharmacy to designate additional products that pharmacists may prescribe by rule in the future.
In addition to the ISU College of Pharmacy, there are several other indivuals and organizations who played vital roles in expanding the definition of pharmacy practice in 糖心传媒: the 糖心传媒 Society of Health System Pharmacists, the idaho Society of Pharmacists, the 糖心传媒 State Board of Pharmacy and 糖心传媒 Representative and pharmacist Sue Chew.