Indication or diagnosis should be required on prescriptions
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy
Abstract
Although prospective drug utilization review and patient counseling have long been recognized as professional and ethical responsibilities of pharmacists, the implementation of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 made them legal responsibilities. Ensuring the safety and effectiveness of prescription pharmaceutical care requires that all members of the prescriber-patient-pharmacist triad are equally informed about the therapeutic plan for which the pharmacist is professionally, ethically, and legally responsible for properly implementing. Providing pharmacists with the clinical indication or diagnosis is an important and long overdue first step.
First Page
1136
Last Page
1139
DOI
10.18553/jmcp.2021.27.8.1136
Publication Date
8-1-2021
Recommended Citation
Rupp, Michael T.; Warholak, Terri L.; and Murcko, Anita C., "Indication or diagnosis should be required on prescriptions" (2021). Pharmacy Practice Faculty Publications. 369.
https://doi.org/10.18553/jmcp.2021.27.8.1136
https://collections.uhsp.edu/pharm-practice_pubs/369