Jill Drury, PharmD, MBA

Brown bag sessions and medication therapy management (MTM) can greatly help patients with chronic diseases.

Brown bag sessions and medication therapy management provide opportunities for pharmacists to personally connect with patients.

Gastrointestinal conditions make up a big part of health care in the United States.

Gastrointestinal conditions make up a big part of health care in the United States, but they can be challenging to properly diagnose and treat.

Patients who suffer from chronic conditions may be at a higher risk for medical-related errors and adverse events. These patients take a number of different medications, visit a variety of health care providers, and may use more than 1 pharmacy.

Preventive health care should be woven into every aspect of our lives.

How can you help a patient prepare for the additional medication costs and lifestyle challenges he may be facing?

Community pharmacists are frontline providers in helping patients control and manage acute and chronic pain.

In your pharmacy practice, you are actively trying to perform more comprehensive medication reviews and stress to patients the value of services you offer.

Gastrointestinal conditions are a major reason for health care use in the United States.

By virtue of their patient access, community pharmacists can provide front-line health education and screenings to female patients.

As health care professionals, pharmacists must use every potential tool we have to streamline patient care without sacrificing quality of care.

Offering to review a patient's medication list with him or her present can help a community pharmacist connect personally with patients.

The beginning of spring is an ideal time to help patients review their medications and overall health than when they awake from winter hibernation" and emerge from flu season.

Community pharmacists can have a positive impact in terms of encouraging patients to be proactive about their health.

As health care professionals, we must use every tool we have to streamline patient care while not sacrificing quality of care.

Patients who suffer from chronic conditions may be at a higher risk for medical-related episodes and errors.

In addition to encouraging flu shots, health care professionals can encourage patients to cover their mouths when they cough or sneeze and to thoroughly wash their hands throughout the day.

Planning brown bag consultations for your patients living with chronic diseases does not have to be a time-consuming scheduled event.

Pharmacists working in outpatient clinics have counseling opportunities that are similar to the often abundant counseling opportunities in community retail settings.

Pharmacists can have a positive impact by identifying and helping patients in pain.

Community pharmacists are ideal candidates to offer educational information to patients, particularly women.

Community pharmacists play a significant role in helping patients to maintain the health of their skin.

Patients who suffer from chronic conditions are at a higher risk for medical-related episodes and errors.

Although patients frequently visit multiple physician specialists for various conditions, weight and nutritional concerns are often overlooked. Pharmacists can be instrumental in identifying and helping patients with weight management issues and eating disorders.

Patients suffering from chronic autoimmune diseases can be particularly amenable to brown bag sessions.

Developing a rapport with patients is an important step toward achieving positive outcomes.