{"id":236,"date":"2019-12-12T13:18:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T18:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cedarville.edu\/disruptive-healthcare\/?p=236"},"modified":"2021-06-25T11:03:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T15:03:36","slug":"todays-pharmacist-from-product-focused-to-patient-focused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/disruptive-healthcare\/todays-pharmacist-from-product-focused-to-patient-focused\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Pharmacist: From Product Focused to Patient Focused"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How has the pharmacy profession changed over the years? Turns out, a lot. Today&#8217;s pharmacists have drastically changed how they practice pharmacy. So, what does a pharmacist do today that&#8217;s different? Pharmacists today have come out from behind the counter and can be found in hospitals, doctor&#8217;s offices, and hospices as valued members of a patient&#8217;s medical team. No longer focused on just the product (medication), they are uniquely qualified to look out for the patient to ensure he or she is receiving optimal drug therapy.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Sweeney, Pharm.D., dean of the Cedarville University <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedarville.edu\/Academic-Schools-and-Departments\/Pharmacy.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">School of Pharmacy<\/a>, has seen firsthand how this significant change in the pharmacist&#8217;s role has greatly improved patient care. Listen as he explains.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 0px; height: 0; overflow: auto; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;\"><iframe id=\"ensembleEmbeddedContent_wT0698tk_Uq-zbyCaogvew\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Pharmacy VLOG 12-11-19\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cedarville.edu\/hapi\/v1\/contents\/f73a3dc1-64cb-4afd-becd-bc826a882f7b\/plugin?embedAsThumbnail=false&amp;displayTitle=false&amp;startTime=0&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;hideControls=true&amp;showCaptions=false&amp;displaySharing=false&amp;displayAnnotations=false&amp;displayAttachments=false&amp;displayLinks=false&amp;displayEmbedCode=false&amp;displayDownloadIcon=false&amp;displayMetaData=false&amp;displayCredits=false&amp;audioPreviewImage=false&amp;displayCaptionSearch=false&amp;displayViewersReport=false\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>T<span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; cursor: text; font-family: -apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">he Cedarville University <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedarville.edu\/Academic-Schools-and-Departments\/Pharmacy.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">School of Pharmacy<\/a> is equipping its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedarville.edu\/Academic-Programs\/Doctor-of-Pharmacy.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Doctor of Pharmacy<\/a> students to be on the leading edge of healthcare innovation. Cedarville&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedarville.edu\/Academic-Programs\/Doctor-of-Pharmacy.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pharm.D.<\/a> students are fully prepared to begin a rewarding career as a pharmacist and to use their calling to make a difference for Christ as they serve with excellence and compassion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How has the pharmacy profession changed over the years? Turns out, a lot. Today&#8217;s pharmacists have drastically changed how they practice pharmacy. So, what does a pharmacist do today that&#8217;s different? 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