The role of hospital pharmacists in clinical practice of
hospital pharmaceutical care: a review
Abstract: With the changes of the times and the growth of
public demand for medical services, the service objects, service
contents and service approaches of hospital pharmacists are also
changing and increasing. By summarizing the changes of hospital
pharmacists’ practice in hospitals and their contributions to the
improvement of hospital service quality in the practice of hospital
pharmaceutical care, this paper hopes that more doctors, nurses and
patients can have a more in-depth understanding of the specific work of
pharmacists, which, at the same time, will also provide some reference
for pharmacists at home and abroad to optimize the level of
pharmaceutical care. Compared with doctors and nurses, hospital
pharmacists have a much more systematic and professional drug knowledge
system and service concept, which can guarantee that they can undertake
the responsibilities of rational use of drugs, control of medical
expenditure, guarantee of efficacy, reduction of medical risks,
reduction of doctors’ workload, improvement of national health and so
on. After years of practice and research, pharmacists have gradually
realized their own value and established professional needs through
hospital pharmaceutical care.
Key words: hospital pharmacist; pharmaceutical care; clinical
practice; security; effectiveness; economic benefit