With the increase in the aging demographic and consequently chronic disease worldwide, the paradigm of pharmacy services is shifting from drug-oriented to patient-oriented. In accordance with this trend, health promotion services in the United Kingdom, Europe and the US are being implemented based on the pharmacists' disease management and prevention activities. Such implementations in local pharmacies are effective in improving the health of the community members. The role of community pharmacies in Korea has been evolving after the separation of dispensing and prescribing in Korea. However, the introduction of pharmacist lead health programs in Korea is still in the early stage of operation to expand the program nationwide in the future, it is necessary to benchmark the case and operation status of other countries. Thus, this research focus on the US Medication Therapy Management (MTM) service which was developed in 2003 and systematically operated. Pharmacists, who work with doctors and other healthcare professionals, play a central role in MTM services. With the introduction of MTM services in the US, the use of medicine has been optimized to achieve optimal drug treatment and reduce the problems caused by side effects. As Korean pharmacies should provide a basis for establishing health promotion services for patients, the introduction of systematic systems and models such as MTM is needed for the public.

Keywords: Pharmacy, Medication Therapy Management (MTM), Pharmacist role, Health promotion