ICHP Position Statement - Retail Healthcare Facilities


The Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists (ICHP) acknowledges the rationale for the creation of retail healthcare facilities as a means to expand access to safe and affordable health care. ICHP also believes that  retail healthcare facilities should have a pharmacist present on site in order to be available for patient questions, counseling, medication therapy management (MTM), and other medication-related issues.
 
ICHP also acknowledges that retail healthcare facilities are designed to provide diagnostic functions in an affordable manner. However, ICHP believes retail healthcare facilities should use the MTM expertise of pharmacists to establish appropriate medication therapy including medication product selection once a diagnosis has been determined.  
 

Revised 6/2021, 1/22