Clinical Pharmacy in India: Recent Advances and Perspective

Mazhar M; Ansari A; Rajput SK

Mazhar M Amity University
Ansari A University of Delhi
Rajput SK Amity University

Keywords: Clinical Pharmacy, pharmacotherapy, Pharmacist, Health Care Team

Abstract

In lieu of the fact that without adequate supervision, the assurance of quality of any system is not possible; clinical pharmacy has emerged as one of the latest and unmapped discipline of pharmacy in the 21^st century. The existence of clinical pharmacists in medical rounds could support physicians in optimizing pharmacotherapy. This novel profession in India extends its diversions to good manufacturing practices, procurement/preparation/distribution of medication, reporting ADRs/ ADEs and on the whole to a very promising aspect of patient healthcare service. The state of clinical pharmacy in India is in the transformational state showing serious positive promising changes in the past couple of years. Even hospitals have started distinguishing the importance of clinical pharmacy and have taken initiatives for making it possible although at a budding stage. The clinical pharmacy branch of pharmacy is surely attaining new heights in regard to patient care services which have certainly increased the services and satisfaction to the patients.

Author Biographies

Mazhar M, Amity University

Department of Pharmacology, Amity Institute of Pharmacy,
Amity University,
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Ansari A, University of Delhi

Department of Social Work, University Road,
University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Rajput SK, Amity University

Department of Pharmacology, Amity Institute of Pharmacy,
Amity University,
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

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