A call to action: Health-system pharmacists must stand up to meet the growing demand for cellular-based therapies.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Blind, Jill E; Nowicki, Diana N; McConnell, Kimberly; Motsney, Adam J; Kong, Ada
- Source
- American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 7/15/2023, Vol. 80 Issue 14, p944-947. 4p. 1 Diagram.
- Subject
- *HEALTH services accessibility
*BIOLOGICAL products
*CELLULAR therapy
*MEDICATION therapy management
*GENE therapy
*HEALTH care teams
*INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
*MEDICAL needs assessment
*IMMUNOTHERAPY
*PATIENT safety
- Language
- ISSN
- 1079-2082
The article presents a call to action for health-system pharmacists to assess institutional cellular-based therapy (CBT) practice standards. Topics include pharmacy roles in cellular therapy, the need of CBTs for pharmacist expertise, and importance of the establishment of CBTs in the medication use process in optimizing patient safety.