Disparities in rural-vs-urban achievement of millennium development goals in Cambodia: implications for current and future child health.

Background: Cambodia has made significant economic, political, and health advancements with the implementation of the millennium development goals (MDG). Important gaps in child health still exist, however, and accurate assessments of lingering disparities within the country will be essential for meeting the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

Aim: This investigation hypothesised that child-health improvements in rural areas of Cambodia continue to lag behind urban areas.

Establishing Clinical Pharmacy Services With Prescribing Privileges in a Federally Qualified Health Center Primary Care Clinic.

Objectives: To describe the process and cost of establishing clinical pharmacy services with prescribing privileges in a federally qualified health center (FQHC) primary care clinic.

Setting: The primary care clinic was located in a low-income area of Southern California and served patients with Medicaid and Medicare. The primary care clinic had preventive medicine and family medicine physicians, a family medicine residency program, behavioral health services, and a registered dietician.

The Role of Pharmacy Through Collaborative Practice in an Ambulatory Care Clinic.

Pharmacists have been practicing in ambulatory care environments managing patients with chronic illnesses since the 1970s. The US Surgeon General and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention support pharmacists working in collaboration with physicians to optimize medication outcomes, improve patient satisfaction, and lower health care costs. Through collaborative practice agreements, pharmacists are able to work as part of a health care team with access to electronic health records, and they assist busy physicians manage patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes.