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Pharm. Chapters 3&4

Patient Profile and Pharmacy Tech

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List three things that the patient profile serves to do. 1. Identify the patient 2. Maintain a legal record of medications dispensed to the patient. 3. MOST IMPORTANT: protect the patient against drugs or procedures that could potentially be harmful
What identifying information is found in the outpatient profile? -name -DOB -contact information
Why is it important for the outpatient profile to list a record of medications dispensed to the patient? It helps to identify potential drug interactions as new prescriptions are added.
What all is contained in the outpatient profile? -indentifying info -A record of meds given to the patient -Drug allergies&adverse reactions -Conccurent medications -Medical History -A History of drug abuse -Mental conditons and handicaps -Insurance information -Current Prescriptions and Refill
What are concurrent medications and why is it important for the pharmacist to know about them. Concurrent medications are meds being taken at the same time.The pharmacist keeps a list for each patient to help prevent drug interactions and therapeutic duplications
True or False... If two prescriptions contain the same drugs, an evalutaion must be made by the pharmacist to ensure safety. True
true or false... OTC meds fo not have to be recorded with concurrent medications. False. ALL meds must be recorded.
___________ may produce toxic or amplified effects. Synergism
_________ reduce the effectiveness of each drug if taken together. Antagonism(bad guy)
____ ________ is what happens when the drugs that are prescribed are the same. Drug Duplication
_______ ________ drugs prescribed have the same therapeutic function. Therapeutic Duplication
What is the purpose for having the medical history on a patient profile. It helps to prevent a potentially lethal aggravation of existing conditoins by prescibed drugs.
True or false... A patients medical history should only include medical conditions that the patient may have. False. It should also include medical conditions of the patients immediate family.
What should be included in the patients insurance info? Determination of insurance eligibility, the type of third party payment(co-pay or self pay), and the coverage of the prescribed drugs
True or false... Many insurance companies will cover any medications no matter the price. False they are concerned with price.
T or F.. Insurnce companies will only authorize payment for generic brands. True
True or False.. Current Prescription and refill info needs to be updated every other time the patient recieves a refill. False. it needs to be updated with each prescription refill.
What information must be in an Institutional Patient Profile? -Height and weight -Diagnosis(Dx), therapies -Lab tests /results -diet plans and blood tests
Why do instiional pharmacists need the height and weight of a patient? They use it to accurately caculate drug dosage and to monitor weight loss or gain
True or false... Information in the patient profile can be shared as long as the patient doesnt find out. False. Information in the patient profile is not ot be released, with the exception of non-identifiable information and information communicated within the various departments of an institution or appropriate business affiliates.
What does HIPAA stand for? Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Compare and Contrast the info on a patient profile in retail and institutional pharmacies. Similarities -Identifying info,insurance info, DOB, medications prescribed Differences -Inst. may include DX, goals, special diet, medical tests -Retail profile contains list of concurrent meds and refill info, inst. does not
Created by: C_Meyer
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