Key points

centuries ago, a health practitioner had several roles, including a medical doctor, pharmacist, and sometimes priest
earlier apothecaries are founders of today's practice pharmacy
legislative changes in the united states resulted in a role change in the roles of the early pharmacist.
advances in technology and changes in healthcare delivery result in the expansion of pharmacist and pharmacist technician roles
a technician is a person with expertise in the practical application of a technology
some of the task pharmacy technicians perform that were previously performed by pharmacist include
- filling prescriptions and interacting with medical offices
- managing the pharmacy inventory
- taking part in the prescription-filling verification
- helping resolve insurance issues, including questions regarding deductions
- proving patient education
- advising on how to improve pharmacy operations
- narcotic control
- managing/ scheduling other technicians
- medication order entry
- auditing
- ordering supplies

	Created by Juan Curiel almost 6 years ago

section 1.1 key points