Dispensing to Ambulatory Patients

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True or false: Ambulatory care refers to care provided to patients who are immobile and confined to bed?

False

True or false: Ambulatory care includes emergency care, referral care, and primary care?

True

True or false: The purpose of ambulatory care is to provide comprehensive care due to lack of physicians in some areas?

True

True or false: Ambulatory care programs involve residency training?

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Ambulatory care settings involve obtaining and documenting patient medication histories?

True Signup and view all the answers

What are the different categories of ambulatory load?

Emergency care, referral (tertiary) care, and primary care Signup and view all the answers

What are some clinical activities in ambulatory care settings?

Obtaining and documenting patient medication histories, monitoring safety and efficacy of drugs Signup and view all the answers

What are the elements of an ambulatory care program?

Comprehensive care, residency training Signup and view all the answers

What is the scope of activities in ambulatory care settings?

Obtaining and documenting patient medication histories, monitoring safety and efficacy of drugs Signup and view all the answers

What are some factors that have contributed to the growth of ambulatory care?

Enhancement in patient teaching program, demand for comprehensive diagnostic and treatment centers, more active role in community health programs, greater control over patients receiving investigational use drugs, lack of physicians in some areas, and full-time availability of emergency service of a hospital Signup and view all the answers