CHALLENGES TO HEALTHCARE AND THE PHARMACY PROFESSION

Abstract

Pharmacists are society's experts on drugs. They have been at the interface between prescribers and patients for centuries. Pharmacists now have many varied new roles, sometimes called pharmaceutical care, to respond to the changing needs of the public, to changes in health care objectives, and to changes in health service delivery. The number of people requiring health care services has steadily increased, and this trend will likely continue. Due to many of society’s changing social and health issues, pharmacists will face new challenge.