title: [Community pharmacy and general internal medicine are at the same crossroads: some opportunities should be seized].
abstract: The medicines give some symptoms relief and save lives every day. However, the responsible use of medicines is not definitively attained for the modern health systems. The shortcomings in this area are the cause of major negative clinical outcomes for the patients and the cause of additional cost for the health financing system. The two centenarians, as the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and the "Policlinique Médicale Universitaire (PMU)" in Lausanne, preview the solutions from now on for reversing this trend, such as the interdisciplinary collaborative approaches, the introduction of adequate financial incentives and the strengthening of education and research in community medicine, pharmacy and health.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacie de la Policlinique médicale universitaire, Lausanne. olivier.bugnon@hospvd.ch
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bugnon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buchmann
mesh_terms: D003157:Community Pharmacy Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D058006:General Practice / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D007390:International Agencies; D012957:Societies, Pharmaceutical; D013557:Switzerland