The pharmacist develops an individualized patient-centered care plan, in collaboration
with other health care professionals and the patient or caregiver that is evidence-based
and cost-effective (SEEC)
what do we DO in step 3 Plan?
-addresses problems and optimizes medication therapy
-sets goals of therapy for achieving clinical
-goals and access to care
-engages the patient through education, empowerment, and self-management
-supports care continuity, including follow-up and transitions of care as appropriate
what Step 3 Plan should include?
-recommended therapy
-drugs/food to avoid
-further tests and follow up
-goals (prevention and long term goal for problems)
-patient education
Recommended therapy
•Continue current therapy
•New therapy: provide drug, dose, rout, frequency, duration (and titration schedule if
necessary, include maximum dose)
•Would you add any additional treatment for expected adverse effects?
•Non-drug therapy
, Drugs/foods to avoid
-medications and food to be avoided and why
Further tests and follow-up
•Tests necessary for baseline evaluation of problem or medications to be used
•When should patients be re-evaluated
Goal of plan
Long term goal for problem (patient specific)
Includes cure, relief, and control of disease & symptoms
Prevention of complications of disease and adverse medication events
Patient education
•Disease state
•Action of medication and adherence
•Drug info (name, dose, route, frequency, duration, indication, precautions, side effects)
•How to manage common adverse events
•Medications to avoid (OTC)
•Drug-drug & drug-food interactions
•Activities to avoid
•Non-drug therapy
•When/why/how to contact health care provider
In the plan section of a progress note, what is it need to be contain?
- Plan,
- Implement,
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