Patient Care
Patient Care
The evolving health care landscape, high cost of drugs, rise of polypharmacy, prospects of genetically determining drug response — and therefore selection and dosing for an individual — and more make this the optimal time for pharmacists to practice at the top of their profession as never before. The UCSF School of Pharmacy is dedicated to helping patients benefit from the right medicines, taken correctly, safely, and effectively.
Much of the school’s patient care agenda is carried out in close collaboration with UCSF Health. The school’s faculty pharmacists in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and UCSF Health pharmacists work closely to improve the evidence-based use of therapeutics at UCSF. Through the dissemination of their research, they affect care beyond UCSF.
The school’s faculty pharmacists are also developing new models of care outside the hospital to meet the medication needs of a changing health care environment.
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Patient Care Overview
Department of Clinical Pharmacy pharmacist faculty members care for the medication needs of patients in many health care settings.
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Acute and Ambulatory Care Settings
Department of Clinical Pharmacy faculty pharmacists apply their advanced training in the care of acutely ill patients at UCSF Health hospitals and other hospitals in California.
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Beyond Traditional Settings
Department of Clinical Pharmacy faculty pharmacists practice outside the hospital, clinic, and physician practice office, as they deliver novel pharmaceutical care to patients.
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