[The methodology of controllable medical pharmaceutical monitoring of patients: from theory to practice (publications review)]

The preservation and promotion of health of citizens is largely determined by professional activity of both medical and pharmaceutical workers, as well as their coordinated interaction with active involvement of patient that confirms the relevance of research on improving organizational technologies for medical and pharmaceutical care of patients. The article presents an overview of international experience of controllable medical and pharmaceutical care of patient. The main interdisciplinary collaboration concepts of medical and pharmaceutical specialists from the point of view of patient health preservation is described. The main trends of professional implementation of interdisciplinary interaction in the practice of national health care are presented. The need to develop integrated medical and pharmaceutical component of pharmaceutical care of patients is justified. The definition "pharmaceutical patronage of patients" is proposed. The original methodological foundations to implement pharmaceutical patronage, including purpose, tasks and significance of the proposed service for optimizing medical and pharmaceutical care of elderly patients are discussed. It is noted that the implementation of the proposed methodology is combinatorial and variable and it may alter depending on capabilities of the pharmaceutic organization and the needs of patients. The systematized list of the main factors determining the structure and variability of functional and applied implementation of the proposed methodology in a specific territory (city, district) and / or in a specific organization is presented. It is emphasized that the key factor in implementing the methodology is the qualification of pharmaceutical specialists that justifies the need in training personnel meeting the tasks of new component of pharmaceutical care. To resolve professional tasks related to medical and pharmaceutical observation of patients, the need to introduce an additional job position with operable title «Clinical Pharmacist» into the nomenclature of positions of specialists with higher pharmaceutical education.