Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Defense Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia General Hospital Medigroup, Belgrade, Serbia Department of Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia ENT Hospital, Dr. Zutic, Belgrade, Serbia Institute for Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Defense Milita...

ROSS W. HOLLAND, PH.D., ED.D., M.A., FPS, FSHP, FASCP, FAIPM, MACPP, is Dean, Australian College of Pharmacy Practice, Canberra, Australia. CHRISTINE M. NIMMO, PH.D., is Director, Educational Resources, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Bethesda, MD. Abstract: A systems view of the amalgamation of existing pharmacy practice models is proposed. Pharmacy’s evolution is traceable as a...

Prior RUPRI Center policy briefs have described the role of rural pharmacies in providing many essential clinical services (in addition to prescription and nonprescription medications), such as blood pressure monitoring, immunizations, and diabetes counseling, and the adverse effects of Medicare Part D negotiated networks on the financial viability of rural pharmacies.1 Because rural pharmacies...

BACKGROUND Pharmacists in Australia are accessible health care professionals, and their provision of clinical pharmacy interventions in a range of areas has been proven to improve patient outcomes. Individual clinical pharmacy interventions in the area of asthma management have been very successful. An understanding of the nature of these interventions will inform future pharmacy services. What...

Effective and standard approach to the role of pharmacy technicians The first goal would be to establish an effective and standard approach to developing the role of pharmacy technicians within the pharmacy work force. This goal is not new. Donald Francke identified this as a critical action approximately 40 years ago. Clearly, pharmacy technicians have been integrated within many pharmacies as...

Robert Dinu1, Simona Popa2 and Maria Mota3 1Resident Doctor, Department of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Emergency Clinical County Hospital Craiova, PhD Student, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, 2University Assistant, MD, PhD, Department of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, 3Professor, MD, PhD, Department of Diabet...

Detection of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in hospitals provides an important measure of the burden of drug related morbidity on the healthcare system. Spontaneous reporting of ADRs is scare and several obstacles to such reporting have been identified formerly. This study aimed to determine the role of clinical pharmacy residents in ADR reporting within a hospital setting.Clinical pharmacy resi...

Pharmacy being a vast field has lot to offer. However, it takes diligent work, proper planning, and the ability choose right option. Considering value of Pharm. D degree, is recommended that candidates pick best college focuses equally on theoretical as well experiential postulates. After completion during course Pharm candidate may provide clinical pharmacy services in hospital, work areas Cli...

1 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia, 2 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt, 3 Faculty of Pharmacy, Aqaba University of Technology, Aqaba, Jordan, 4 Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia, 5 Department of Clinical Phar...

PURPOSE The development and implementation of a systemwide specialty pharmacy program in an academic healthcare system are described. SUMMARY Although the system's pharmacy department had developed specialty pharmacy services for patients with certain conditions, it was necessary to expand and standardize those services to meet the needs of all specialty clinics because (1) many of the clinic...