1. Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners
August 20, 2019
William Kobler, MD, Member, AMA Board of Trustees

2. Physician-led team-based care

3. Quadruple Aim Improve Patient Outcomes Reduce Cost of Care
Improve Patient Experience
Improve Health Care Professional Experience
Improve Patient Outcomes

4. Pharmacists and Physicians Working Together to Improve Patient Care

5. Pharmacists & Physicians Working Together
Administering vaccines to targeted populations
Emergency contraception
Smoking cessation education and programs developed in partnership with local health department and medical society

6. Collaborative Practice Agreements
Using pharmacists’ pharmacotherapeutic skills to improve patient care
Help manage patients with chronic conditions
Expand role of pharmacists in providing patient care
Check vital signs
Order and interpret tests

7. Pharmacists Prescribing
Our AMA does not support pharmacists diagnosing medical conditions and independently prescribing medications to patients
Minor conditions can be mistaken for serious conditions
Patient safety
Fragmented care
Delayed care
Fail to meet quadruple aim