The Role of the Health System Pharmacist for Patients with Chronic Hyperkalemia

Jaclyn Harth, PharmD, clinical assistant professor, Fairleigh Dickinson School of Pharmacy, discusses the role of the health system pharmacist for patients with chronic hyperkalemia. This video was filmed at the ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) 54th Clinical Meeting & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jaclyn Harth, PharmD: The management of a patient with chronic hyperkalemia is really an interdisciplinary approach. So you want to include physicians, nursing, the patient caregiver, as well as dieticians. And the health-system pharmacist can really work to talk with the patient, counsel the patient on any new medications that they might be started on, making the patient really understands why they’re starting this medication, how to properly take the medication, and how it should be administered.