United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Canandaigua VA Medical Center

Pharmacy Services

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  • Prescription/medication order processing
  • Drug procurement and inventory management
  • Staff and patient education
  • Medication error prevention
  • Streamlining of medication errors
  • Drug dose monitoring- particularly with respect to age and changing kidney function
  • Primary care services – consultant to providers in primary care
Pharmaceutical care provides drug therapy for the purpose of achieving positive outcomes that improve a patient's quality of life.
These outcomes are:
     cure of a disease
     elimination or reduction of a patient's symptoms
     arresting or slowing of a disease process
     preventing a disease or disease symptoms

VA pharmacists and other health care professionals partner together in developing and monitoring therapeutic outcomes for the patient to avoid drug related problems.

For more information you can contact our pharmacy department at 585-393-7122


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