Pharmacy Practice 1- Ambulatory Care
Questions and Answers Updated 2026
Ambulatory Care - Answer" Primary care"
- deliver on an outpatient basic
- not required overnight hospitalization
Example of ambulatory care - Answer- emergency care clinic, urgent care , outpatient surgery
- community health center, outpatient behavior center
dialysis, imaging service and specialty clinics
Primary care provider - AnswerPhysicians
Ob-GYN providers
Nurse practitioners
Physician assistant
( ____ and_____can provide 75% of service in adult medicine and 90% of service in pediatric that
physician can) - AnswerNP/ PA
Type of primary care - Answerfamily medicine ( all phases of life)
internal medicine ( adult only)
OB-GYN( women only)
Pediatrician ( children only)
Why do we need ambulatory care pharmacist? - AnswerShortage of Primary care provider: due to
increase in AGING population and rural health as well as Affordable Care Act
Improvement of Patient outcomes such Patient centered medical homes and Pharmacist driven
initiative
Affordable Care Act - AnswerIncrease access to primary care service
which include
- ambulatory patient service
- emergency service
Questions and Answers Updated 2026
Ambulatory Care - Answer" Primary care"
- deliver on an outpatient basic
- not required overnight hospitalization
Example of ambulatory care - Answer- emergency care clinic, urgent care , outpatient surgery
- community health center, outpatient behavior center
dialysis, imaging service and specialty clinics
Primary care provider - AnswerPhysicians
Ob-GYN providers
Nurse practitioners
Physician assistant
( ____ and_____can provide 75% of service in adult medicine and 90% of service in pediatric that
physician can) - AnswerNP/ PA
Type of primary care - Answerfamily medicine ( all phases of life)
internal medicine ( adult only)
OB-GYN( women only)
Pediatrician ( children only)
Why do we need ambulatory care pharmacist? - AnswerShortage of Primary care provider: due to
increase in AGING population and rural health as well as Affordable Care Act
Improvement of Patient outcomes such Patient centered medical homes and Pharmacist driven
initiative
Affordable Care Act - AnswerIncrease access to primary care service
which include
- ambulatory patient service
- emergency service
