Pharmacists Are Patients' Most Easily Accessible Healthcare Providers
Pharmacists are critical partners on every person's healthcare team - especially during a national healthcare crisis. Allowing them the ability to administer FDA-approved vaccines will lessen the burden on hospitals and clinics so doctors and medical staff can keep their focus on the patients who so desperately need them.
PUTT is working to allow local community pharmacists to have the authority to administer the full range of FDA-approved vaccines. See below for how you can help!
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"Once a COVID-19 vaccine is developed, achieving universal immunization will require a cohesive, multi-faceted vaccination strategy across the U.S. healthcare system. Community pharmacists can play a vital role in the COVID-19 vaccination effort. To maximize their potential, state practice laws concerning vaccine prescribing authority should be uniform across states and written to automatically include new vaccines once they are approved by the Food and Drug Administration." Read the Study |
"Pharmacists may not be traditionally thought of as providers by the general public, but pharmacists are key components of hospital clinical teams. Residency-trained clinical pharmacists are board-certified specialists in 14 specialties from emergency medicine to infectious disease. Community pharmacists guard patient lives by verifying the appropriateness and safety of over 4.45 billion prescriptions every year. These community pharmacists also care directly for patients with an average of over 140 interactions daily, over 141 million phone calls, and by managing the chronic diseases of over 767,000 Medicare patients every year." Read the Article |
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