Collaborative Practice
Pharmacists have unique training and expertise in the appropriate use of medications and provide a wide array of patient care services in many different practice settings. These services reduce adverse drug events, improve patient safety, and optimize medication use and health outcomes. Pharmacists contribute to improving patients’ health by providing patient care services as authorized under their scope of practice within the standard of care framework. Pharmacists may implement collaborative practice agreements (CPAs) to facilitate certain services or aspects of patient care they offer.
According to the Iowa Board of Pharmacy, “collaborative pharmacy practice” is when a pharmacist or pharmacy engages with healthcare practitioners who are authorized independent prescribers to provide patient care and drug therapy management under a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement. To review Iowa collaborative practice agreement regulations, please see Iowa Administrative Code 481.552.27(155A) Collaborative pharmacy practice.
