Clinical Pharmacist Resources

Clinical Pharmacist Role in Family Medicine Residency

• Standards of Practice for Clinical Pharmacists

  This document sets forth American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)'s expectations for clinical pharmacists within the United States.

• ACCP White Paper: Developing a Business-Practice Model for Pharmacy Services in Ambulatory Settings

  This document was developed by the ACCP Task Force on Ambulatory Practice to assist clinical pharmacy practitioners and administrators in the development of business-practice models for new and existing clinical pharmacy services in ambulatory settings. (https://www.accp.com/docs/positions/whitePapers/AmbCareBusPractModelACCP.pdf)

• Ambulatory Care Pharmacist's Survival Guide, Fourth Edition

  Comprehensive resource that offers practical assistance to both new and seasoned clinicians. (https://www.accp.com/store/product.aspx?pc=PD_04ACSGG)

• Building a Successful Ambulatory Care Practice: A Complete Guide for Pharmacists

  How-to guide to creating and managing an ambulatory care clinic, from building a business model to clinical practice, risk management and liability, reimbursement, marketing, and credentialing. ( https://www.ashp.org/-/media/store-files/p2449-frontmatter)

• Integration of Pharmacists Into Team-Based Ambulatory Care Practice Model

  The goals of this article are to present the results of the ASHP Section of Ambulatory Care Practioners Section Advisory Group (SAG) survey with the aim of learning from the experience of practices that have successfully incorporated pharmacists and to provide tips and advice for practitioners looking to accomplish similar integration (https://academic.oup.com/ajhp/article/72/9/745/5111486) (Weber ZA, Skelley J, Sachdev G, Kliethermes MA, et al. Am J Health Sys Pharm. 2015;72;9:745-51)

• The Patient-centered Medical Home: integrating comprehensive med management to optimize patient outcomes resource guide, 2nd ed.

  Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), 2012. The goal of this resource guide, developed by the PCPCC's Medication Management Task Force, is to provide information that facilitates the appropriate use of medications in order to control illness and promote health, which are critical elements to the patient-centered medical home's success. (www.pcpcc.org/sites/default/files/media/medmanagement.pdf)

• Integration of Clinical Pharmacy in Family Medicine Residency Programs.

  Clinical pharmacists are valued educators and practitioners within family medicine residency programs (FMRPs). The objective of this study is to describe the integration of clinical pharmacists within FMRPs. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28633168/)
  Citation: Lounsbery JL, Jarrett JB, Dickerson LM, Wilson SA. Fam Med. 2017;49(6)430-36

Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM): Everything A Pharmacist Needs to Know

• CCMM: American College of Clinical Pharmacy Review Document

Comprehensive Medication Management in Team-Based Care: An ACCP Review Document

• Highlights from the CMM Effectiveness and Implementation Grant: A Report from the Study Team

Highlights from the CMM Effectiveness and Implementation Grant: A Report from the Study Team. (https://www.accp.com/report/index.aspx?iss=0917&art=6)

• American College of Clinical Pharmacy White Paper on CMM

ACCP White Paper: Collaborative Drug Therapy Management (CDTM) and Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM) - 2015. The aims of this paper are to provide an overview of how CDTM legislation has advanced during the past decade; its role in enabling the provision of CMM, the standard for direct patient care provided by clinical pharmacists; the potential impact of new models of care on CDTM and CMM; and the implications of the foregoing for future clinical pharmacist participation in patient-centered health care (https://www.accp.com/docs/positions/whitePapers/CDTM%20CMM%202015%20Final.pdf)

• The Patient Care Process for Delivering Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM): Optimizing Medication Use in Patient-Centered, Team-Based Care Settings. CMM in Primary Care Research Team

  This document presents findings from this research to both frame and operationally define CMM as a core strategy to optimize medication use in the outpatient, ambulatory setting for patients with multiple chronic conditions (https://www.accp.com/cmm_care_process )

• The Philosophy of Practice for Comprehensive Medication Management: Evaluating its Meaning and Application by Practitioners.

Philosophy of practice is the foundation of any patient care practice because it provides a set of professional values and beliefs that guide actions and decisions in practice. Study objectives were to understand how pharmacists providing comprehensive medication management (CMM) describe their philosophy of practice and compare how participants' philosophies align with predefined tenets of a CMM philosophy of practice. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29155443) Pestka DL, Sorge LA, McClurg MR, Sorensen TD. Pharmacotherapy. 2018;38(1):69-79.

More About the Pharmacists' Patient Care Process

• Pharmacists' Patient Care Process

Patient care process components in several key source documents on pharmaceutical care and medication therapy management were catalogued and compared to create the PPCP. The PPCP encompasses a contemporary and comprehensive approach to patient-centered care that is delivered in collaboration with other members of the health care team. (https://jcpp.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/PatientCareProcess-with-supporting-organizations.pdf)

• Pharmaceutical Care Practice: The Patient Centered Approach to Medication Management, 3rd ed.

  The book describes medication management services and explains their evolution. The book describes how a practitioner delivers the service and it provides a vision of how these services “fit” into the evolving health care structures. (https://accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=491&sectionid=39674899) Cipolle RJ, Strand L, Morley P. Pharmaceutical care practice: the patient centered approach to medication management, 3rd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2012

• The Patient Care Process

A review of the pharmacists' patient care process (http://accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=1861&sectionid=174720532). Haines ST, Kliethermes M, Sorensen TD. The Patient Care Process. In: DiPiro JT, Talbert RL, Yee GC, Matzke GR, Wells BG, Posey L. eds. Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 10e New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 

• Medication Therapy Problem Categories Framework for PQA Measures

This framework will promote standardized documentation of mediation therapy problems (MTPs) and the related interventions intended to resolve the MTPs.(https://www.pqaalliance.org/assets/Measures/PQA%20MTP%20Categories%20Framework.pdf)

Active Learning Opportunities for Pharmacists Regarding Clinical Roles

• Institute for Healthcare Improvement Open School

​​​​​​The IHI Open School community is an innovative, global network of more than​ 800,000 learners committed to improving health and health care (http://www.ihi.org/education/ihiopenschool/overview/Pages/default.aspx)

• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP): A3 Collaborative

The A3 Collaborative is a national learning experience designed to help healthcare providers and organizations make Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM) a part of their strategic plan (https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Practice/A3-Collaborative)