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3:Community/Ambulato
Ch3 Manual for Pharmacy technicians:Community&ambulatory care pharmacy practice
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adverse reaction | a bothersome or unwanted effect that results from the use of a drug, unrelated to the intended effect of the drug |
| ambulatory care pharmacy | a pharmacy generally located within or in close proximity to a clinic, hospital, or medical center that provides medication services to ambulatory patients |
| brand name drug | a drug that is covered by a patent and is therefore available only from a single manufacturer |
| chain pharmacy | a pharmacy that is part of a large number of corporately owned pharmacies that use the same name and carry similarly branded OTC products |
| clinic pharmacy | an ambulatory pharmacy located in a clinic or medical center to serve the needs of outpatients |
| community pharmacy | generally a stand-alone pharmacy located within a community that provides medication services to ambulatory patients |
| copayment (copay) | the portion of the cost of a prescription that the patient is responsible for paying, when a part of the cost is covered by a third-party payer |
| dispensing | the act of preparing a medication for use by a patient as authorized by a prescription |
| drug interactions | effects caused by the combined actions of two or more drugs used simultaneously |
| formulary | a list of drugs and their tiers that a third-party payer will cover |
| generic drug | a drug that is no longer covered by a patent and is therefore generally available from multiple manufacturers, usually resulting in a significant reduction in cost |
| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) | Federal legislation enacted to establish guidelines for the protection of patients' private health information |
| independent pharmacy | a community pharmacy or a small group of pharmacies in a limited geographic area that are owned by a single individual or a small number of individuals |
| managed care pharmacy | an ambulatory care pharmacy that is owned and operated as part of a managed care system such as a health maintenance organization (HMO) |
| mail-order pharmacy | a pharmacy that functions like a warehouse, with pharmacists and technicians who dispense prescriptions that are mailed to (not picked up by) patients |
| medication guides | patient information approved by FDA to help patients avoid serious adverse effects, inform patients about known side effects,&provide directions for use to promote adherence to treatment. available for specific drugs must be dispensed w/ the prescriptions |
| National Drug Code (NDC) Number | a unique number assigned to each drug, strength, and package size for the purpose of identification |
| over-the-counter (OTC) drugs | drugs that are available without a prescription |
| patient counseling | the act of educating a patient, by a pharmacist, regarding the proper use of a prescribed drug, at the time of dispensing |
| prescription | the written or verbal authorization, by an authorized prescriber, for the use of a particular pharmaceutical agent for an individual patient. this term also refers to the physical product dispensed |
| reimbursement | money that is collected from a third-party payer to cover partial cost or the entire cost of a prescription for a patient |
| third-party payer | an entity other than the patient that is involved in paying partial cost or the entire cost of prescriptions for a patient |
| the practice of community and ambulatory care pharmacy has evolved from | preparing to dispensing to clinical |
| the term pharmaceutical care refers to | the role of the pharmacist as a manager of drug therapy |
| most community pharmacies are | chain |
| an ambulatory pharmacy is a pharmacy that | only serves patients who walk in or who have medications mailed to them |
| iPledge Program | isotretinoin (Accutane, Amnesteem, Claravis, Sotret)-REMS program |
| T.I.P.S. Program | dofetilide (Tikosyn) - REMS program |
| PPL | alosetron (Lotronex) - REMS program |
| S.T.E.P.S. program | thalidomide (Thalomid) - REMS program |