Department of Pharmacy Practice, The Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, University of Hawai'i at Hilo; Hilo, HI.
Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2022 Apr;81(4 Suppl 2):28-30.
Many efforts are taking place to improve the quality of healthcare and reduce healthcare cost. Pharmacists play a key role in optimizing the healthcare workforce, and colleges of pharmacy are adapting to this need by emphasizing skills needed to improve quality health measures, interprofessional collaboration and communication, and supplying quality drug information. The University of Hawai'i at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy has incorporated additional pharmacy practice experience electives to teach pharmacy students to analyze and optimize workflow, identify high-risk patients in need of intervention, and work collaboratively with providers to decrease patient burden. The pharmacy curriculum has also increased the number of interprofessional educational events for enhancing interprofessional collaboration and communication, including in a telehealth setting. Furthermore, the college of pharmacy has increased the number of drug information assignments and practical exams to increase competency and the speed of providing quality, evidence-based drug information to providers. This article presents on overview of the health care workforce needs and examples of the increased efforts to train future pharmacists in Hawai'i to improve healthcare access and quality of patient care, as well as decrease healthcare costs.
许多努力正在进行中，以提高医疗保健质量并降低医疗保健成本。药剂师在优化医疗保健劳动力方面发挥着关键作用，药学院正在通过强调提高医疗质量措施、跨专业协作和沟通所需的技能，以及提供高质量的药物信息来适应这一需求。夏威夷大学希洛丹尼尔·井上药学院增加了额外的药学实践经验选修课程，以教导药学学生分析和优化工作流程，确定需要干预的高风险患者，并与提供者合作以减轻患者负担。药学课程还增加了跨专业教育活动的数量，以增强跨专业协作和沟通，包括在远程医疗环境中。此外，药学院增加了药物信息作业和实践考试的数量，以提高药师提供高质量、基于证据的药物信息的能力和速度。本文概述了医疗保健劳动力需求，并介绍了夏威夷为培训未来药剂师以改善医疗保健的可及性和患者护理质量以及降低医疗保健成本而做出的更多努力。
