Overview
This resource provides a comprehensive guide to assist pharmacists in understanding and implementing CPAs. It outlines how to determine if utilizing a CPA is the right approach for the clinical services you offer, the essential elements of a CPA, including regulatory requirements, and best practices for implementation. By leveraging CPAs, pharmacists can expand their roles in patient care, improve health outcomes, and collaborate with other health care providers.
A CPA that allows pharmacists to provide tobacco cessation services for patients supports public health priorities to improve overall health and support the Healthy People 2030 initiative.1 Pharmacists with a CPA have an opportunity to expand their preventive health approach focusing not only on patients who smoke tobacco but also those using e-cigarettes or electronic nicotine delivery systems (e.g., e-cigs, vape pens, vapes, mods, etc.).2 Pharmacists are integral members of a patient's health care team, and a CPA allows the pharmacist to practice at the top of their license to improve patient health outcomes while simultaneously reducing provider burden and promoting efficient utilization of health care resources.