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A. Thomas Taylor, PharmD
University of Georgia College of Pharmacy Augusta

JAMA. 1989;262(2):205-206.

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It is obvious that Dr Bodey appears offended that I, often referred to as "this pharmacist," would dare question the prescribing of physicians. I find this amazing in the present climate, in which the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations encourages and even requires drug use review and evaluation. Also, the federal government requires drug therapy reviews by consultant-pharmacists in skilled nursing homes for Medicaid and Medicare patients. Furthermore, much of the pharmacy literature about hospital pharmacy practice concerns the proper methods for these types of evaluations, which is one of the interests of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists.

I have divided Dr Bodey's letter into two parts. The theme of the first part appears to be Dr Bodey's attempt to discredit evaluations of physicians' practices by nonphysicians. Dr Bodey's opinion that only physicians should monitor physicians' performance is, I hope, a position that his . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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