Ambulatory clinical pharmacy specialty services: the Kaiser Permanente Colorado experience.

Abstract

Health care in the United States is increasingly being delivered during ambulatory care visits.1 As new investment in health care shifts from the inpatient to outpatient setting, the role of ambulatory clinical pharmacists (CP) are expanding. While dispensing pharmacists provide clinical screening and patient education for potential drugrelated problems, CPs provide services that complement the care provided by dispensing pharmacists by directly advising and educating other health care providers and patients on appropriate pharmaceutical use and dosing.