Anderson Lorinda, Borgelt Laura M, Clark Paige, Moore Gina
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To initiate a call to action for community pharmacists and key stakeholders to encourage comprehensive and consistent education and certification for contraception services, especially in states where laws have been enacted for pharmacist prescribing of hormonal contraceptives.
Websites for several boards of pharmacy that have implemented pharmacist training for contraceptive prescribing.
From the authors' perspective of helping to implement laws that allow pharmacist prescribing of contraception in Oregon and Colorado, lessons learned have shown that it is better to have 1 consistent resource for pharmacist certification for the following reasons: 1) Boards of pharmacy are able to ensure patient safety because all pharmacists are providing the same level of care to every patient; 2) retail chain pharmacies and pharmacy managers are assured that all their pharmacists, regardless of state, are trained in a similar and appropriate manner; and 3) pharmacists can be reimbursed through medical insurance for the patient encounter because payers are able to identify and credential pharmacists who pass an approved and accredited certification program.
New laws allowing pharmacists to prescribe contraception are expanding to other states, and the implementation of these laws provides an important increase in pharmacists' scope of practice. This exciting new prospect allows the pharmacy community of each state an opportunity to coordinate and learn from each other on best practices for implementation. Having a consistent training program was identified as being one key aspect of successful implementation.
呼吁社区药剂师及主要利益相关者采取行动，鼓励开展全面且统一的避孕服务教育与认证，尤其是在已颁布药剂师开具激素避孕药相关法律的州。
多个已实施药剂师避孕处方培训的药房委员会网站。
从作者协助在俄勒冈州和科罗拉多州实施允许药剂师开具避孕药法律的角度来看，汲取的经验教训表明，出于以下原因，拥有一个统一的药剂师认证资源会更好：1）药房委员会能够确保患者安全，因为所有药剂师为每位患者提供的护理水平相同；2）零售连锁药店及药店经理确信，无论所在州如何，其所有药剂师都接受了类似且恰当的培训；3）药剂师因与患者接触可通过医疗保险获得报销，因为支付方能够识别并认可通过经批准和认可的认证项目的药剂师。
允许药剂师开具避孕药的新法律正在扩展至其他州，这些法律的实施显著扩大了药剂师的执业范围。这一令人兴奋的新前景使每个州的药学界有机会就实施的最佳做法进行协调并相互学习。拥有统一的培训项目被视为成功实施的一个关键方面。
