Members of the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners (JCPP) have approved a consensus resource document that describes the process of patient care for pharmacists. Development of the document occurred over a two-year period and included an examination of key pharmacy source documents and several comment periods for the organizations to produce the completed document, which was approved on May 29, 2014.

A working group of representatives from 10 national pharmacist organizations developed the document for consideration and approval by JCPP. The document can be accessed at http://www.accp.com/docs/positions/misc/JCPP_Pharmacists_Patient_Care_Process.pdf.

About The Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners

JCCP was established in 1977 and serves as a forum on matters of common interest and concern to national organizations of pharmacy practitioners and invited liaison members. Members of the Joint Commission are: Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP), American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), American College of Apothecaries (ACA), American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), American Pharmacists Association (APhA), American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP), American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), and National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA).