Martin Caren McHenry
consultant pharmacist, Consultant Pharmacist, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Consult Pharm. 2011 Dec;26(12):903-6. doi: 10.4140/TCP.n.2011.903.
Entrepreneurship has always been central to the practice of pharmacy. Whether opening a new retail store, setting up a unique clinic practice, or researching a novel therapy, pharmacists are continually looking forward and following their visions of how pharmacy can be part of a new direction in health care. In 2011, the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) Foundation--itself the product of entrepreneurship--awarded grants to three entrepreneurs who are seeking to establish a fee-for-service component of their senior care pharmacy practices in the community. The grant recipients, while differing in their approaches, share the common goal of providing safe, effective, and cost-justified medication therapy and education to ambulatory older adults.
创业精神一直是药学实践的核心。无论是开设一家新的零售药店、建立一家独特的临床诊所，还是研究一种新疗法，药剂师们都在不断向前看，并追寻着他们对于药学如何能够成为医疗保健新方向一部分的愿景。2011年，美国顾问药师协会（ASCP）基金会——其本身就是创业的产物——向三位创业者提供了资助，他们正寻求在社区建立其老年护理药房服务收费模式。这些受资助者虽然方法各异，但都有一个共同目标，即向非卧床的老年人提供安全、有效且成本合理的药物治疗及教育。
