
In the primary care setting, pharmacists safeguard and promote the access, quality and safety of medications. Pharmacists also contribute in a multidisciplinary team in different tiers of health management and disease prevention in primary healthcare.
For more service details, please refer to the following pages:
- Community Dispensing Service
- Minor Ailment Service
- Medication Management Services
- Smoking Cessation Service
Standardized Terminologies and Translations for Community Pharmacy Services
This reference document establishes a unified language framework for community pharmacy services in Hong Kong, promoting clear communication among pharmacists, healthcare providers, patients, and the broader community.
Key Functions
- To ensure consistent and clear consistent information exchange related to community pharmacy services and patient care among pharmacists, healthcare providers, patients and other stakeholders.
- To provide a common language for pharmacists to describe, document, and communicate about their services, enabling the development, implementation and evaluation of pharmacy services.
- To increase accessibility and improve understanding of health information and services for the public, thereby facilitating the utilization of community pharmacy services.
- To enable the collection of accurate and comparable data across organizations to support research and evaluation of service utilization, effectiveness, and health outcomes.
- To facilitate the sharing of best practices and comparison of pharmacy services in local and global context.
Core Coverage Areas
- Primary Healthcare Services (基層醫療健康)
- Community Pharmacy Operations (社區藥房)
- Community Dispensing Services (社區配藥服務)
- Minor Ailment Management (小病小痛管理服務)
- Medication Management Services (藥物管理服務)