Pharmaceutical division" has different interpretations by both parties

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People's Party legislator Chen Zhaozi, who is a pharmacist, also believes that in the past, the government allowed clinics to hire pharmacists because of the lack of tacit understanding between doctors and pharmacists in the early days. In the long run, pharmacists should be allowed to work independently outside the clinic to play a role of supervision and checks and balances. The pharmaceutical industry has long advocated that the single-track system of pharmaceutical industry separation is an international trend. Most medical institutions in the United States, Germany, Japan and South Korea release prescriptions to community pharmacies, and almost never dispense them in the hospital.

However, is it reasonable to implement a single-track system? Is it feasible to promote it in Taiwan?

In fact, according to the "Glossary of Common Terms in Medical honduras telegram Management" of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the division of medicine means that doctors and pharmacists perform their own duties and work independently. Physicians are responsible for diagnosis and issuing prescriptions, and pharmacists are responsible for dispensing and guiding people to use medicines according to prescriptions.

Zhou Qingming pointed out that Article 102 of the current Pharmaceutical Affairs Law stipulates that doctors cannot make adjustments on their own unless they are in remote areas without pharmaceutical personnel or in medical emergencies. In contrast, Japan and most states in the United States do not explicitly prohibit physician dispensing by law. Compared with other countries, Taiwan already protects the independence of pharmacists.

In other words, the current operating model of hospitals and clinics is that doctors diagnose and issue prescriptions, and pharmacists are responsible for dispensing medicines. Both parties work independently, and the medical industry has already been separated.