knowledge management is a process of using a source of strategic knowledge in organizations in order to find key information and organize and transfer it. many organizations adopted knowledge management systems to maintain their stability and usefulness. since there is occupational similarity between informatics experts and librarians, librarians can change to knowledge managers by being inform...

Clinical Pharmacy is a unique service provided by the leading pharmacy departments in the United States. The concept of Clinical Pharmacy evolved after the significant increase in number of pharmaceuticals in the market and the increasing potential of drug interactions. However, the Clinical Pharmacist is not merely an individual who advises on drug interactions. There are a number of functions...

During patient care rounds with the medical team, pharmacy students have made positive contributions for the benefit of the patient. However, very little has been documented regarding the impact these future healthcare professionals are making while on clinical rotations. The objective of this study was to assess the impact that clinical interventions made by 6th year pharmacy students had on o...

CPC-148 Table 1 adalimumab infliximab ustekinumab Lost to follow-up 5% (1/20) 23.5% (4/17) 22% (2/9) Continuing treatment 40% (8/20) 29.4% (5/17) 67% (6/9) Withdrawal/ Discontinuation by doctor 5% (1/20) 5.9% (1/17) 11% (1/9) Discontinuation due to good response 20% (4/20) – – Change of treatment 30% (6/20) 41.2% (7/17) – The causes of the discontinuation/change of treatment were: Abstract CPC-...

Purpose The implementation of a telepharmacy service to provide round-the-clock medication order review by pharmacists is described. Summary Seven critical access hospitals (CAHs) worked collaboratively as part of a network of hospitals implementing the same electronic health record (EHR), computerized prescriber-order-entry (CPOE) system, and pharmacy information system to serve as the health ...

OBJECTIVE Survey data sets are important sources of data, and their successful exploitation is of key importance for informed policy decision-making. We present how a survey analysis approach initially developed for customer satisfaction research in marketing can be adapted for an introduction of clinical pharmacy services into a hospital. METHODS AND MATERIAL We use a data mining analytical ...