The role of competence management in pharmacy is increasing as healthcare is a field where the fast development of drug treatment and the introduction of new drugs require specialized skills and knowledge that must be renewed frequently. However, two obstacles for the widespread adoption of computer aided competence management in pharmacies exist. First, pharmacies do not have enough resources ...

It is widely believed that pharmacists could make a greater contribution to the provision of primary health care, especially in developing countries. Particular strengths of pharmacy services commonly cited include their accessibility within many communities and the opportunities for advising on the management of health problems. The potential for pharmacy to respond to health care needs and co...

OBJECTIVE To review the literature on the subject of quality improvement principles and methods applied to pharmacy services and to describe a framework for current and future efforts in pharmacy services quality improvement and effective drug therapy management. BACKGROUND The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy produced the Catalog of Pharmacy Quality Indicators in 1997, followed by the Summar...

A s current and former directors of pharmacy with a combined total of over 140 years of experience in key pharmacy administrative roles, we have over the years shared many hours of informal discussions about the pharmacy profession. We have networked and traded stories about our hospital pharmacy departments, celebrating large and small initiatives that succeeded and learning from those that fa...

OBJECTIVE To describe the degree of introduction of new technologies in the medication use process in pharmacy services in Spain. METHOD A descriptive study via a survey into the degree of introduction of computer systems for: management, computerized physician order entry (CPOE), automated unit dose drug dispensing, preparation of parenteral nutrition solutions, recording drug administration...

98 Pharmaceutical Technology OCTOBER 2004 Sreekhar Cheboyina is a PhD student in the department of pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi. Walter G. Chambliss, PhD, is director of technology management and a research professor at the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and professor of pharmaceutics, University of Mississippi. Christy M. Wyandt, PhD, is associat...

Recent advances in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care data systems have greatly increased access to operational pharmacy information. This article presents a brief guide to VA pharmacy data sources: the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture files, the Pharmacy Benefits Management database, Decision Support System (DSS) National Data Extracts for inpatient ...

This study aims to integrate the Balanced Scorecard and Risk Management at Shofa Pharmacy its one branch. The risk assessment is based on ISO 31000 framework model a financial perspective, customer an internal business perspective learning growth perspective. results of identification show that risks, faced by Pharmacy, are risk, operational technology ethics health safety economic legal politi...