[The new pharmacy practice: can pharmaceutical intervention improve therapeutical efficiency].
BACKGROUND
The pharmaceutical activity has experienced over the last 50 years an important evolution in terms of concepts and contents affecting not only pharmacists but the whole health professionals. The subject of this study were the characteristics and implications of that change.


METHODS
We review the main conditions leading to this change and characteristics of the new pharmaceutical activity focused mainly on the filtrate and alert about drug related problems and the professional intervention facing a proper resolution.


CONCLUSIONS
Some preliminary results from an investigation about the mentioned conditions are presented supporting the idea that this new proposed pharmaceutical intervention model can actually improve benefits on therapeutical effectiveness and save resources.
Area de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Oviedo.
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Alvarez de Toledo
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Arcos González
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Cabiedes Miragaya
D004994:Ethics, Pharmacy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011634:Public Health
La nueva atención farmacéutica: puede la intervención farmacéutica mejorar la eficiencia terapéutica?