醫藥分家 - 6
馬來西亞
[6]Separation of prescribing and dispensing in Malaysia: A summary of arguments
... the transition has been slow due in part to the nonexistence of a dispensing separation policy between pharmacists and medical doctors in private
community practices....
... diluting the role of community pharmacists because of overlapping roles...
... In some countries, particularly in Asia, where pharmacists are lacking and the practice of medicine was traditionally played by a single healer, doctors are still legally allowed to prescribe and dispense medicine.
Pharmacists soon found themselves overtrained and underutilized ...
Irrational prescribing not only increases treatment cost but also could compromise patient safety and reduce therapy effectiveness....
... dispensing doctors are much
less likely to prescribe generic medications compared with nondispensing doctors.10 Overprescribing also could harm patients by introducing hazardous interactions with other medications or with a comorbid illness.
... Separation of the prescribing and dispensing functions would avoid the conflicting roles of physicians who have the potential to profit from the prescription and sale of drugs, and it would introduce a check-and-balance system to prevent such overprescribing practices...
The second rationale for a dispensing separation is the potential high rate of medication errors by physicians, which are highly problematic if left unchecked...
Medical and medicine knowledge has evolved rapidly with new discoveries, and the complex task of prescribing and dispensing cannot be managed by 1 individual. The task should be managed by 2 independent professions....
... A medication expert, or pharmacist, is needed for proper medicine monitoring and dispensing.
Holding both roles would not only compromise
the quality expected from each task but also could lead to potential error. (聽講呢排有人因為食錯藥要換肝
) Evidence points to a 30% smaller duration of medical consultation in dispensing doctor compared with nondispensing doctor practices.....