International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Clinical Pharmacy Volume 2 | Issue 1 Open Access https://journalofpharma.com 1 Opinion Article Introduction Healthcare team consists of a group of people who coordinate their particular skills for the wellbeing of patients. A physician or medical practitioner is a member of a healthcare team who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, restoring health through study, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical or mental impairments. Several nursing staff may involve in health team and have their own nursing team. A nursing team is comprised of personnel who provide nursing services to patients. Other healthcare team members include dietitians, physiotherapists, pharmacists, pathologists, social healthcare workers, and technicians [1]. Clinical pharmacists work as part of the general practice team to improve value and outcomes from medicines and consult with and treat patients directly. Clinical pharmacists are mainly trained to work directly with patients in health care system, such as in hospitals or clinics. A clinical pharmacist has detailed knowledge and deep understanding of drugs and their effects, and doctors often give clinical pharmacists a great deal of controlling overprescribing medications and monitoring patients. Clinical Pharmacist Intervention in Improving Health Outcomes by Reducing Physician’s Burden and Medication Errors: A Proposed Model Muhammad Ahmer Raza 1,3 , Shireen Aziz 2,5 , Sana Shahzad 3 , Shahid Masood Raza 3,4,5* 1 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Shandong, Jinan 250012, China 2 School of Pharmacy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China 3 Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38000, Punjab, Pakistan 4 School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430000, Hubei, China 5 Faculty of Pharmacy, Sargodha University, Sargodha 40100, Punjab, Pakistan Received Date: November 19, 2020 Accepted Date: December 03, 2020 Published Date: December 11, 2020 *Corresponding author: Shahid Masood Raza,School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430000, Hubei, China. Email: shahipharmacist@gmail.com Citation: Raza MA, Aziz S, Shahzad S, Raza SM. Clinical Pharmacist Intervention in Improving Health Outcomes by Reducing Physician’s Burden and Medication Errors: A Proposed Model. Int J Pharm Sci Clin Pharm. 2021;2(1):1-5. http://dx.doi.org/10.47890/IJPSCP/ShahidMasoodRaza/2020/24148306 Abstract Healthcare is a team effort. Each healthcare provider is like a member of the team with a special role. Some team members are doctors or technicians who help in diagnosing disease. Others are experts who help in treating disease or care for patients’ physical and emotional needs. Understanding the role of each member in healthcare settings can reduce the burden of duties. According to World Health Organization (WHO) reports, burden of workload on physicians is the main cause of medical errors each day practice and thousands of people die as a result each year. Such errors can be minimized by reducing the workload on physicians and strengthening the role of clinical pharmacists in healthcare settings. Keywords: Health care; Team Members; Physicians; Clinical Pharmacist Among other jobs, clinical pharmacists are responsible for selecting appropriate drugs, monitoring patients’ progress, diagnosing potentially untreated diseases, consulting with the patient on the effects of the drugs, and ensuring that patients following prescribed drug regimens [2]. WHO has set a global standard of one pharmacist per 50 beds. For the implement of this rule, National Drug Policy (NDP) of Pakistan stipulates that one hospital pharmacist should be appointed for every 50 beds in hospital facilities [3, 4]. It is about a decade still there is no improvement in clinical pharmacy profession and shortage of clinical pharmacists has been observed. Despite the shortage, clinical pharmacists in hospitals are not properly engaged in providing clinical services and pharmaceutical care to patients. Majority of pharmacists in hospitals are performing only conventional duties and responsibilities of recordkeeping, maintaining hospital formulary, and drug purchasing. Due to these conventional practices, doctors are overburdened and medical errors are part of each day practice ultimatly results in high morbidity and mortality rates. Thus, the purpose of this article is to give a model in which clinical pharmacist