TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 6. The Assessment A1 - Cipolle, Robert J. A1 - Strand, Linda M. A1 - Morley, Peter C. A2 - Cipolle, Robert J. A2 - Strand, Linda M. A2 - Morley, Peter C. Y1 - 2012 N1 - T2 - Pharmaceutical Care Practice: The Patient-Centered Approach to Medication Management Services, 3e AB - The purpose of the assessment is to determine if the patient's drug-related needs are being met and if any drug therapy problems are present.Know your patient by understanding his or her medication experience before making any decisions about his or her drug therapy.Elicit only relevant information necessary to make drug therapy decisions.Always assess the patient's drug-related needs in the same systematic order. First determine if the indication is appropriate for the drug therapy. Second, evaluate the effectiveness of the drug regimen for the indication. Third, determine the level of safety of the drug regimen. Only after determining that the drug therapy selected or being used by the patient is appropriately indicated, effective, and safe do you logically evaluate the patient's adherence to the medication regimen.Documentation includes the practitioner's assessment of how well the patient's drug-related needs are being met and a description of the drug therapy problems present. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/04 UR - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56173104 ER -