Today, Rear Admiral Kelly Battese, chief pharmacist officer of the United States Public Health Service (USPHS), issued a statement recognizing pharmacists’ clinical roles and the need for patients to have access to pharmacist care.
“Trusted by patients to provide accurate and timely medical advice, pharmacists have been on the leading edge of healthcare accessibility at critical times,” said Battese in today’s statement.
His statement highlights how “pharmacists provided over 350 million clinical interventions to more than 150 million people through countermeasures that included test-to-treat, antibody therapeutics, vaccinations, and more” in response to COVID-19. Expanding pharmacists’ “scope of practice can aid in mitigating inequalities in healthcare access and enhancing health equity for all patients,” he says.
ASHP stands committed to advocating for patients access to pharmacist care with the goal of improving health for all.
View Battese’s full statement here and help us advocate and support pharmacist care by emailing your member of Congress to encourage their support of the Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act.
