Emergence of various global health problems has widened the pharmacist’s job scope. An accessible resource for health and medication information as the pharmacist strengthen the existing public health system. Achievement of optimal patient outcomes involves community and clinical pharmacist safe and effective medication use. However, the public is still unaware of the pharmacist’s role in public and global health. This essay aims to identify pharmacist’s role in overcoming global health problems with a literature review. Pharmacists’ role change from public care provider to public care profession. The roles of pharmacists in health care team as primary care practitioners can be seen in their management of tropical and chronic diseases. With their evaluation skills and extensive knowledge of drugs. Pharmacists can provide the best medical advice to the patients besides promoting selftreatment on minor ailments. Furthermore, they also help in reducing the medical costs and optimising medications for the patients. The faith of the public in pharmacists on vaccination proves that they accept the involvement of pharmacists in healthcare provision. However, the public awareness towards pharmacists’ role should be improved.
Urolithiasis considered as a disease condition that is neglected in terms of research because of its perceived low prevalence and possibly the seemingly good prognosis associated with it. However, in recent years, the prevalence of urolithiasis is increasing in both developed and developing countries and the disease is associated with significant burden and healthcare cost from patients’ caregivers, and society’s perspective. All healthcare providers (including pharmacists) have an important role to play in the management of this disease and it deserves more attention in terms of clinical practice and research. This review aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of patient satisfaction, from the aspect of defining satisfaction of patients, perceptions toward disease management, and a review of literature of satisfaction of patients with kidney stones and its magnitude in healthcare provided. The medical literature has many articles about urolithiasis management options. However, there have been no sufficient published studies discussing patient-reported outcomes of kidney stone management to evaluate their satisfaction, preferences, treatment expectations, and quality of life. Future studies are needed to spot the light on kidney stones patients’ preferences and reported outcomes.
Penile fracture is defined as a traumatic rupture of either corpus cavernosum or the tunica albuginea; sometimes it can be both. It may be caused by exotic masturbation acts, sexual intercourse, or other trauma to this area. This can be accompanied by injury to the urethra, which is the cause of hematuria as a symptom for some patients. Typically, diagnosis of penile rupture or fracture depends on clinical examination and history told by the patients. We are stating the importance of medical imaging in the diagnosis of patients with penile fracture by presenting a case of patient suffered from penile fracture after a fall on his penis where it affected the erection of two-third of his penis. In which, the proper diagnosis by imaging studies and taking actions accordingly can save the patients from unnecessary surgeries that indeed increase the bill of the medical care directly and indirectly. Therefore, most patients can be diagnosed cost-effectively and treated surgically without a need to delay surgery, which is often the case if one was to resort to other investigations. Investigations such as retrograde urethrography for suspected urethral injury should only be used when the diagnosis of penile fracture is in doubt.