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Current Status of Community Pharmacies: Expectations as a Health Information Hub, the Enforcement of Revised Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Act, and a New Role as Stakeholders

Overview of attention for article published in Yakugaku Zasshi = Journal of Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, February 2016
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Title
Current Status of Community Pharmacies: Expectations as a Health Information Hub, the Enforcement of Revised Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Act, and a New Role as Stakeholders
Published in
Yakugaku Zasshi = Journal of Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, February 2016
DOI 10.1248/yakushi.15-00268-1
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Authors

Mitsuo Saito

Abstract

  According to the "Japan Revitalization Strategy" established in June 2013, "the government will promote better contributions of local pharmacies and pharmacists in encouraging self-medication of citizens by making pharmacies the community-based hub for providing information, giving advice on the proper use of non-prescription drugs, etc. and offering consultation and information service concerning health". In addition, the "Demanded Function and Ideal Form of Pharmacy," published in January 2014, requested a change, from pharmacies that specialized in dispensing medicines to pharmacies that serve as whole healthcare stations, providing pharmaceutical care based on patients' medical history, including the intake of dietary supplements. The medication fee was revised in April 2014 to enhance family pharmacy services and the management of pharmaceutical care. At that time, blood testing at a registered pharmacy was officially allowed under strict regulation. Revision of the "Pharmacist Law" in June 2014 included a request to pharmacists to provide pharmaceutical advice in addition to information. For the mitigation of drug-induced tragedies, the "Pharmaceutical Affairs Law" was amended to the "Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Act (PMD Act)" in November 2014, and proper use of medicines was imposed on healthcare professionals and other stakeholders. Patients were also requested to learn and understand the safety and harmful effects of medicines, and were requested to use medicines appropriately. As mentioned above, the status of pharmacies and pharmacists has dramatically changed in the past 2 years, and such changes over time are required.

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Unknown 27 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 5 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 15%
Student > Master 3 11%
Student > Bachelor 2 7%
Lecturer 2 7%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 9 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 6 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 19%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 7%
Philosophy 1 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 4%
Other 3 11%
Unknown 9 33%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 December 2018.
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#1,361
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#10
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