Section 1.1

  Key points  centuries ago, a health practitioner had several roles, including a medical doctor, pharmacist, and sometimes priest  earlier apothecaries are founders of today's practice pharmacy  legislative changes in the united states resulted in a role change in the roles of the early pharmacist. advances in technology and changes in healthcare delivery result in the expansion of pharmacist and pharmacist technician roles  a technician  is a person with expertise in the practical application of a technology  some of the task pharmacy technicians perform that were previously performed by pharmacist  include  filling prescriptions and interacting with medical offices  managing the pharmacy inventory  taking part in the prescription-filling verification helping resolve insurance issues, including questions regarding deductions  proving patient education  advising on how to improve  pharmacy operations  narcotic control    managing/ scheduling other technicians  medication order entry  auditing  ordering supplies