GOOD PHARMACY PRACTICE IN THE CONTEXT OF CROSSBORDER
HEALTHCARE
OFELIA CRIŞAN*
Department of Pharmaceutical Legislation and Management, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-
Napoca, 12 Ion Creangă Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
*corresponding author: ofelia.crisan@umfcluj.ro
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Abstract:
Directives 2011/24/EU and 2012/52/EU include rules for facilitating the access of European citizens to safe and high-quality
cross-border healthcare services, including the recognition of cross-border prescriptions. This paper aims to evaluate the
impact of European provisions on the activity of pharmacists, who must comply with the requirements of good pharmacy
practice. Comparative analysis and interpretation were used to this end. When providing cross-border healthcare, pharmacists
must verify the authenticity and legality of prescriptions (compulsory elements established at European level, including
elements to facilitate contact between healthcare professionals from different states). They must also evaluate the
prescriptions (including the correct identification of medicinal products for their safe substitution) and provide quality
information and assistance to patients (including measures to facilitate the comprehensibility of the information associated
with the medicinal product). The paper suggests measures to facilitate the implementation of European provisions in order to
provide high-quality pharmacy services in the context of cross-border healthcare. Pharmacists will have to adapt to new rules
and instruments in order to ensure appropriate cross-border pharmaceutical care.

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