Pharmacy Technicians Are People, Too! Let's Consider Their Personal Outcomes Along With Other Pharmacy Outcomes.
Ann Pharmacother
; 53(5): 545-547, 2019 05.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30453744
ABSTRACT
Studies have found that expanded pharmacy technician roles can help "free up" pharmacist time, leading to role optimization. However, these studies and the positions taken by many are quite pharmacist-centric. We seem to have underestimated the importance of support staff in pharmacy operations. If research demonstrates that technicians can perform a function safely and effectively, that alone should compel the function's allowance in practice. Freeing up pharmacist time for higher-order care is a positive corollary to technician advancement, but it need not be a precondition for it.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pharmacy Technicians
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Pharmaceutical Services
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Professional Role
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Ann Pharmacother
Journal subject:
FARMACOLOGIA
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TERAPIA POR MEDICAMENTOS
Year:
2019
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States