Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science
Ambulatory Care
The American College of Clinical Pharmacy (AACP), convened the most knowledgeable leaders in ambulatory care into a task force to develop a business model for non-institutional practice settings, including specialty clinics and medical offices. PPS professor Stuart Haines, PharmD, FCCP, contributed to the AACP Ambulatory Care Task Force. The task force report detailed the challenges of practice, the opportunities, the business and legal considerations, the target market, and even payment systems.
This practice framework is the first of its kind, and a guidebook for experienced pharmacy practitioners turning to new sustainable avenues to apply their advanced practice skills.
The framework is an important first step in establishing standards of care, untangling regulatory issues, and guiding the pharmacy care and business practices, especially as it relates to compensation.
PPS faculty practice in a number of ambulatory care sites. Click here for a complete listing of PPS ambulatory practice sites.
Gain more detailed information on ambulatory care scholarship by referencing the articles below:
Harris IM, Baker EK, Berry TM, Halloran MA, Hughes DB, Lindauer K, Ragucci KR, Somma MA, Taylor AT, Haines ST. Business practice model for ambulatory clinical practice. In: Schumock G, Stubbings J. How to develop a business plan for pharmacy services. Lenexa, KS: American College of Clinical Pharmacy; 2007. p. 137-201.
Harris IM, Baker EK, Berry TM, Halloran MA, Lindauer K, Ragucci KR, Somma MA, Taylor AT, Haines ST. Developing a business practice model for pharmacy services in ambulatory settings. Pharmacotherapy 2008 Feb;28(2):285.
Haines ST, Nutescu E. Venous thromboembolism. In: Chisholm M, Wells BG, Schwinghammer TL, Malone PM, Zolesar JM, DiPiro JT, editors. Pharmacotherapy: principles and practice. New York: McGraw Hill; 2007.
Haines ST, Witt DM, Nutescu E. Venous thromboembolism. In: DiPiro J, Talbert R, Yee G, Matzke G, Wells B, and Posey M, editors. Pharmacotherapy: a pathophysiological approach. 7th ed. New York: McGraw Hill. forthcoming 2008.