Community pharmacy and general internal medicine are at the same crossroads: some opportunities should be seized

The medicines give some symptoms relief and save lives every day. However, the responsible use of medicines is not definitively attained for the modern health systems. The shortcomings in this area are the cause of major negative clinical outcomes for the patients and the cause of additional cost fo...

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Published in:	Revue médicale suisse Vol. 8; no. 364; p. 2287
Main Authors:	Bugnon, O, Buchmann, M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	French
Published:	Switzerland 28-11-2012
Subjects:	Community Pharmacy Services - organization & administration Community Pharmacy Services - trends Cooperative Behavior Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration Delivery of Health Care - trends General Practice - organization & administration General Practice - trends Humans Interdisciplinary Communication Internal Medicine - organization & administration Internal Medicine - trends International Agencies Societies, Pharmaceutical Switzerland Switzerland
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Summary:	The medicines give some symptoms relief and save lives every day. However, the responsible use of medicines is not definitively attained for the modern health systems. The shortcomings in this area are the cause of major negative clinical outcomes for the patients and the cause of additional cost for the health financing system. The two centenarians, as the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and the "Policlinique Médicale Universitaire (PMU)" in Lausanne, preview the solutions from now on for reversing this trend, such as the interdisciplinary collaborative approaches, the introduction of adequate financial incentives and the strengthening of education and research in community medicine, pharmacy and health.
ISSN:	1660-9379