OBJECTIVES To determine the benefits of incorporating emotional intelligence instruction into a required pharmacy communications course. DESIGN Specific learning objectives were developed based upon the emotional intelligence framework and how it can be applied to pharmacy practice. Qualitative data on student perceptions were collected and analyzed using theme analysis. ASSESSMENT Students...

OBJECTIVES To provide pharmacy managers and consultant pharmacists with a step-by-step approach for analyzing of the costs of delivering medication therapy management (MTM) services and to describe use of a free online software application for determining costs of delivering MTM. PRACTICE DESCRIPTION The process described is applicable to community pharmacies and consultant pharmacists who pr...

This commentary seeks to define the areas of social pharmacy and clinical pharmacy to uncover what they have in common and what still sets them apart. Common threats and challenges of the two areas are reviewed in order to understand the forces in play. Forces that still keep clinical and social pharmacy apart are university structures, research traditions, and the management of pharmacy servic...

Erratum to “Validation of a novel claims-based stroke severity index in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage” [J Epidemiol 27 (1) (2017) 24e29] Ling-Chien Hung a, , Sheng-Feng Sung a, , Cheng-Yang Hsieh b, , Ya-Han Hu , Huey-Juan Lin , Yu-Wei Chen e, , Yea-Huei Kao Yang , Sue-Jane Lin h a Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chiayi Christian Hos...

OBJECTIVE To understand students' and tutors' perceptions of the development of clinical competencies for the delivery of comprehensive medication management services in an experiential learning project linked to a Brazilian school of pharmacy. METHODS An autoethnographic qualitative study was carried out based on participant observation, focus groups and individual interviews with students a...

The push for hospitals to implement health information technology (HIT) systems, driven in part by Medicare and Medicaid incentives (and penalties), has affected pharmacy systems. It will continue to do so, as the defi nition of “meaningful use” is expanded to incorporate more required tasks related to medications. Everyone who works in a hospital pharmacy will be affected by how the federal go...

Abduelmula R Abduelkarem is Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University of Science and Technology Network, Ajman, United Arab Emirates; Hawa J El-Shareif is Adult Endocrinologist, Endocrine Department, Tripoli Medical Centre (Tripoli University, Faculty of Medicin...

Copyright © 2005, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc. All rights reserved. 1079-2082/05/0402-0856$06.00. There is a pressing need to prepare health-system pharmacists for executive-level positions, motivate them to step into these roles and educate health-system administrators about the value a pharmacist in such a position could bring to his or her organization. To do this, the...

Background Opioid prescribing has increased by ~400% over the past 20 years in the US and has been correlated with dramatic increases in accidental overdose-related deaths. Emerging evidence of serious dose-dependent side effects of opioid analgesics has led to recommendations from multinational pain societies and governments to decrease opioid doses and increase referrals to pain specialists. ...

OBJECTIVES To explain the purpose of superbills, suggest strategies for incorporating superbills into pharmacy practice, and propose a model superbill for consideration by practitioners. PRACTICE DESCRIPTION Ambulatory pharmacies in the United States. PRACTICE INNOVATION Superbills have been used by physicians and other health care providers for many years as a way of efficiently communicat...