Health Information/Automation Technology
Drug and Device Recalls
| AMCP supports the use of technologies to enhance communication of recall information to all relevant parties including patients who may have received such products. | |
Pharmacist Access to Patient Information
| AMCP supports the right of pharmacists in all practice environments to have access to patient identifiable medical and pharmacy information necessary for use in treatment, payment and health care operations to achieve safe, effective, high quality treatment and care coordination. | |
| Pharmacy CPT Codes Policy 0022 02/01/2000 Introduced 02/01/2005 Reapproved 11/01/2009 Reapproved 02/01/2014 Reapproved 04/29/2020 Revised | AMCP supports the use and expansion of pharmacy-specific codes listed in the American Medical Association's Physicians' Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding structure to assist pharmacists in documenting professional services as health care providers. | |
Health Information Technology in Pharmacy Practice 03/29/2022 Revised | AMCP encourages the use and implementation of health information technology (HIT) in all aspects of pharmacy (e.g., electronic health records, electronic prescribing, electronic prior authorization, real-time prescription benefit check, dispensing systems, etc.) as an adjunct to a pharmacist’s professional oversight in order to promote the efficient use of health care resources, improve quality, and increase patient and provider satisfaction. AMCP supports the use of technology to dispense, deliver, and provide clinical consultations for prescription drugs to patients. AMCP endorses the adoption of national standards that promote system interoperability among providers and payers. In addition, AMCP supports the use of requisite sets of functional elements necessary for optimizing medication access, safety, effectiveness, and affordability. AMCP also encourages the inclusion of instruction concerning HIT and its applications in the curricula of schools of pharmacy. | |
| Electronic Exchange of e-Prescribing Information Policy 0114 11/01/2001 Introduced 02/01/2005 Revised 11/01/2009 Revised 04/23/2018 Revised | AMCP supports federal and state legislative provisions that require the electronic transmission of prescriptions between the prescriber to the pharmacist and supports allowing managed health care systems to have access to that electronic transmission for appropriate purposes. The Academy believes that the electronic exchange of prescription, drug benefit, and drug information improves patient drug therapy, enhances the collection and analysis of patient data, increases operational efficiencies and optimizes health care outcomes and will decrease abuse and diversion of prescriptions for controlled substances. AMCP will support a limited number of exceptions to mandatory e-prescribing, such as technological or electrical failures, during times of national emergencies and similar circumstances that are beyond the control of prescribers and pharmacies. | |
| Health Information Exchange Policy 0504 Title Before 10/18/2021: National Health Information Network 10/01/2005 Introduced 11/01/2009 Reapproved 10/18/2021 Revised | AMCP supports the development and adoption of a national, standardized health information exchange to include all settings and services involved in delivery of patient care, including pharmacy. Standardized electronic health information exchange is instrumental in improving the quality, safety, and efficiency of care. | |
Use of Technology 02/01/2013 Introduced | AMCP supports the implementation and expanded use of health information technology (HIT), including the use of electronic health records, real time benefit checks, automated prior authorization tools, and electronic prescribing. AMCP supports the adoption and use of national standards that improve system interoperability among providers and payers to enable better patient access to their health information. This includes the use of requisite sets of functional elements necessary for optimizing medication access, safety and cost-effective utilization to improve the process of dispensing and delivering drugs to patients while maintaining patient privacy.
(See AMCP Managed Care Pharmacy Practice Positions - Use of Technology) | |
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