A benefit of telephonic patient care services, compared with face-to-face
services, is that they: Ans✓✓✓ May pose fewer logistical barriers for
the patient.
A superbill is best described as: Ans✓✓✓ A paper summary of all the
services provided by the pharmacy that the pharmacist fills out after a
visit and provides as a receipt to the patient.
A useful acronym to keep in mind when developing goals is SMART,
which stands for: Ans✓✓✓ Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic,
time-limited.
According to the consensus document Medication Therapy Management
Services Definition and Program Criteria, which of the following
activities would be considered a part of MTM services? Ans✓✓✓
Performing a comprehensive medication review for a patient to identify,
resolve, and prevent medication-related problems.
After identifying medication-related problems, the next step the
pharmacist should take is: Ans✓✓✓ Create a problem list and prioritize
the problems.
An 80-year-old female patient has a serum creatinine of 1.0 mg/dL and
her ideal body weight equals 110 lb. What is this patient's estimated
creatinine clearance using the Cockcroft-Gault equation? Ans✓✓✓ 35
mL/min
, As a general rule, a SOAP note should include which of the following
pieces of information? Ans✓✓✓ A description of the plan for managing
the patient.
Asking a patient to complete a medication history form best aligns with
which of the following steps from the Pharmacist-Centered
Collaborative Care Process developed by JCPP? Ans✓✓✓ Collect
How do point-of-care testing services relate to MTM services?
Ans✓✓✓ They can be used to identify patients who are appropriate to
be referred for diagnosis, and for ongoing monitoring of patients with
chronic conditions.
Ideal body weight is calculated as follows:
Men: 50 kg + [2.3 kg × (height in inches − 60)]
Women: 45.5 kg + [2.3 kg × (height in inches − 60)]
(1 kg = 2.2 lb)
What is the ideal body weight for a man who is 5'9"? Ans✓✓✓ 70.7 kg
(155.5 lb).
If the pharmacist is unable to identify a specific rationale for a
medication in the patient's regimen, the medication-related problem is
categorized as: Ans✓✓✓ Unnecessary medication therapy.