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Kefauver-Harris Amendment to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
All new drugs must be approved by the FDA as being both SAFE and EFFECTIVE.
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Local scientists and non-scientists that oversee clinical research and approve the clinical trial protocols.
informed consent
a document, NOT a contract, that includes details (risks/benefits) of the clinical study for participants to know.
FDA's Division of Scientific Investigations (DSI)
conducts inspections of clinical study sites and makes sure study was conducted according to the plan.
Clinical Study Phase I
- small group of healthy subjects (20-80)
- safe dosage range, route, and adverse effects, safety, initial tolerable dose.
Clinical Study Phase II
- 100 to 300 volunteers with disease.
- effectiveness, side effects, initial dose and usual dose
- Most important phase.
Clinical Study Phase III
- 1000-3000 volunteers
- verify effectiveness, monitor adverse reactions from long-term use.
Clinical Study Phase IV
- Post-marketing surveillance (after the product has been approved)
Within how many days sponsors must report adverse drug events to FDA?
15 days.
Waxman-Hatch Act
provided for an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) and an accelerated procedure for approval of generic versions.
Orphan Drug Act (ODA)
Incentives for sponsors to develop products for rare diseases.
pharmaceutical care
the responsible provision of a drug therapy for achieving specific outcomes that improve a patient's quality of life.
Key differences between Orkin person and pharmacist?
- higher consequences of action
- autonomy
What define a profession?
• Autonomy
• Specialized knowledge
• Community sanction
• Ethical codes
• Culture that members subscribe to – professionalism
• Prestige
• Long schooling
Role strain
Frustration due to lack of education/training, focusing on job instead of profession, automation technology.
Role Ambiguity
the job expectations are ill-defined
Person-role conflict
the values, attitudes or personal needs of the individual are not congruent or in opposition to the role expectations of a job.
Intrarole conflict
different individuals define the job expectations for a person

good guy - bad guy role,
Interrole conflict
too many different roles to fulfill
seven processes that make up the medication-use system
1. Physician drug therapy decision process
2. Physician Order Process
3. Pharmacy Order Input Process
4. Pharmacy Dispensing Process
5. Medication Administration Process
6. Medication Use Documentation Process
7. Drug Therapy Outcome Evaluation Process.
What is the strongest predictor of good health?
Education (part of Socioeconomic status)
Indicators of Socioeconomic status
Education
Occupational Status
Income
Main difference between medical model and biopsyschosocial model
Medical model doesn't include social well-being, while biopsychosocial model does include social well-being.
Parson's socio-cultural model
- health is defined as the capacity to function socially.
- illness is a disturbance of the capacity to perform expected tasks or roles.
- illness is non-tolerated.
- people can be optimal in functioning, and be biologically ill (Ex. diabetic worker)
- Sick Role
Stress model
stress is cumulative and may cause illness; degree of stress measured as a mount of readjustment.
definition of health
state of complete physical, mental, and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
medical model
health as the absence of signs and symptoms.
health behavior
things we do to prevent illness
illness behavior
things we do when we are ill.
4 aspects of Sick Role
1. Non-responsibility of the individual for the condition. (patient didn't choose to get sick)
2. Exemption from normal obligation (time off work)
3. Being sick is undesirable (must try to get better 1st thing)
4. Obligation to seek competent help.
5 problems with illness behavior
1. Shopping for doctors
2. Fragmentation (treatment by different doctors)
3. Procrastination
4. Self-medication
5. Discontinuity (interrupting treatment)
Suchman’s Stages of Illness and Medical Care Model
1. Symptom Experience
2. Assumption of Sick Role
3. Medical Care Contact
4. Dependent Patient Role
5. Recovery or Rehabilitation.
Health Belief Model
health behavior theory that describes the likelihood an individual will take an action to change a behavior. Components of this theory include susceptibility and severity of disease, perceived benefits and barriers, cues to action, self-efficacy, and demographic, socio-psychological variables.
Social Cognitive Theory Model
Healthy behaviors are a function of individual's perception of the advantage of a a positive outcome. belief that a certain outcome will result from particular behavior
Readiness to Change Model
desires to change a patient's health behavior must be specific to the stage in which they are in.
Locus of Control Model
based on the idea that an individual's success at reaching a desired outcome is a function of whether or not he believes the outcome is within their control.
What core clinical services have the highest number of favorable association because they focus on a smaller group of patients.
1. Clinical Pharmacists
2. Decentralized Pharmacy
3. Drug Protocol Management
In the early 20th century, many "patent medicines" were considered dangerous and fradulent in their claims and led to the passage of what act?
Pure Food and Drug Act
Dichter Institute Study commissioned by APhA
report found that most respondents saw pharmacists as businessmen rather than health care providers.
Durham-Humphrey Amendment to the Food, Drug and cosmetic Act
created the “legend” drug, required label to state that it could not be dispensed without a prescription
major piece of legislation to affect the efficacy of prescription drug
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

enacted to decrease the number of uninsured person; specified that employers or insurers of new
employees could impose a waiting period of no more than 12 month before covering them under the employer’s health plan.
definition of quality
the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge
Millis Commission’s report
pharmacists inadequately prepared in systems analysis and management skills
Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA 2003)
recognizes the need for medication therapy management services in ambulatory care; positions pharmacy to fulfill role in reducing drug-related morbidity and educating older adults on proper pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic management of comorbid diseases
JCAHO
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations
T/F. drug ordering process is the single greatest source of preventable problems
True
Multidisciplinary care
many different professionals work for the good of the patient, albeit somewhat independently
Interdisciplinary care
many different professionals working together for the patient’s good also communicate effectively among themselves and with the patient
What is discounting?
the process of converting dollars, either paid out or received over time periods of more than one year, to their present value. the purpose is to incorporate the time preference for money into the analysis
Kerr-Mills Act
Amendments to the Social Security Act in 1960 provided health care coverage to elderly indigent individuals
Kerr-Mills did not provide health care coverage to the nonindigent elderly or the indigent nonelderly.
4 P's of marketing
Product
Place
Price
Promotion
One other thing that separates the pharmaceutical industry from other consumer goods is that purchase decisions are not made based on emotion, but on _________.
Knowledge!
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM)
a company that adjudicates rx drug claims and manages the rx drug coverage for third party payer by containing costs and influencing the quality of services provided.
per diem
hospitals are paid a flat rate for each day of hospital care provided to covered individuals without regard to the actual costs incurred.
Managed Care Organization (MCO)
manage the cost and quality of health insurance program.

This vs. fee-for-service plans is the use of provider network.
Steps for Conducting a pharmacoeconomic analysis
1. define problem/state objective
2. Perspective
3. Alternative Interventions
4. Identify and Measure outcomes
5. Identify Cost Elements
6. Measure and Value Costs
What is Pharmacoeconomics?
one type of OUTCOMES RESEARCH that is useful in selecting among ALTERNATIVE INPUTS to achieve HEALTH AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES often called OUTCOMES.
Four domains of Quality of Life
Physical
Psychological
Social
Economics
What is need and why is need difficult to measure?
Need is the estimated amount of care based on the perceptions of an individual. If's difficult to measure because it's a perception.
disease management
process of case management of patients having selected chronic diseases at risk for high utilization of health care resources.
3 demand-side markets.
1. patient's demand for medical treatment
2. Institutional demand for manpower, capital, and supplies.
3. Demand for health professional education.
3 supply-side markets
1. Physician's decision on which institutional setting to use.
2. Supply of manpower that is produced by training programs.
3. Implementation of health profession education programs.
Education has what effect on demand for medical services?
Decreases
demand for health
health is like a consumption commodity: acquire it, consume it, and receive good outcome.

demand for health is behavioral.
Barriers to disease management.
lack of time
lack of good information system
third-party payer
Donabedian's model of quality
Structure --> Process --> Outcome

Structure (availability of capital resources, leadership, management systems, policies, procedures
Process (measurement of specific activity (error/100 dose dispensed)
Outcome: population based - satisfaction, # of hospital readmissions
quality assurance
measurement of the quality of care including both the assessment of care and feedback to the health care organization that recommends either a continuation or change in care

demonstrate that the service meets a set of pre-determined requirements or criteria
quality control
ensuring that a product conforms to a desired standard by emphasizing monitoring and measurement
quality improvement
measurement of defects; ensure that the effects of change to correct a problem

The most common QI methodologies used in health care are PDSA (plan-do-study-act), six-sigma and lean strategies.
Total Quality Management
a philosophy and management strategy.
Framework for improving quality
1. Design
2. Measure
3. Assess
4. Improve
5. Redesign
PDSA
Plan
Do
Study
Act
LEAN
LEAN focuses specifically on removing non-value activities which is called waste in Quality speak
what is an indicator?
A valid and reliable measurement.
benchmarking
process by which one organization identifies and studies superb performance of another organization and uses their performance as a standard to achieve.
root-cause analysis (RCA)
problems are best solved by correcting or eliminating the root cause rather than finding a quick fix that acts as a band-aid.
FMEA
Failure Mode and Effect Analysis

takes a broader view of the problem to see if there are external contributing factors.
OBRA
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: repeal capitation for health professionals
Prescription Drug Plan (PDP)
Medicare part D

PDP’s are private insurance companies that contract with a prescription benefit manager (PBM) to offer a drug benefit that can have several tiers depending on the coverage
Iron Triangle of Health Care
access
quality
cost

Can't change one without changing the other.
CDER
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research: make sure drugs are safe and effective.