The aim of this study was to evaluate the satisfaction rate of hospital managerial/clinical teams (HMCTs) including principles (chief executives), managers, supervisor pharmacists and head nurses from services presented by private sectors directing 10 pharmacy departments in hospitals affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.This study is an observational and descriptive stu...

General Clinical Research Center, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University (J.Z.J., T.T., B.B.H., T.T.G., Q.Y.M., H.G.X.); Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University (H.G.X.); and Departments of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University School of Pharmacy (H.G.X.), Nanjing, China This article ha...

Computer-assisted processing of medical laboratory data started in the sixties. The earliest systems, which arose in English- and German-speaking laboratories, pointed the way for the development of laboratory data processing. The significance and evolution of the fundamental components of a laboratory information system, such as the placing of the request to the laboratory, identification of p...

The focus of pharmacy practice and education has changed over the past decade. In the past, pharmacy practice and education were focused primarily on drugs and their distribution. The suggestion of pharmacy practice centered on the patient was first articulated by Hepler and Strand in 1990 as pharmaceutical care.1 The concept of pharmaceutical care quickly became adopted by the profession. By t...

OBJECTIVE A simulation process known as objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) was applied to assess pharmacy practice performed by senior pharmacy students. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted based on documentary analysis of performance evaluation records of pharmacy practice simulations that occurred between 2005 and 2009. These simulations were related to the process o...

The pharmacy profession has an important role in the frontline healthcare response to COVID-19 across all settings. This study sought explore views and experiences of clinical pharmacists relation provision services during COVID-19. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with working roles settings Europe. Participants recruited through professional organisations hospitals combin...

ROLLIN J. FAIRBANKS, M.D., M.S., is Senior Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine; DANIEL P. HAYS, PHARM.D., is Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Departments of Pharmacy Services and Emergency Medicine; DAVID F. WEBSTER, M.B.A., B.S.Pharm., is Associate Director of Pharmacy Services, Department of Pharmacy Services; and LINDA L. SPILLANE, M.D., is Associate Professor, Department of Emergency ...

BACKGROUND Electronic Patient Medication Record (ePMR) systems have important safety features embedded to alert users about potential clinical hazards and errors. To date, there is no synthesis of evidence about the effectiveness of these safety features and alerts at the point of pharmacy order entry. This review aims to systematically explore the literature and synthesise published evidence a...

The objectives of this effort were to summarize and critique original economic assessments of clinical pharmacy services published from 1988-1995, and to make recommendations for future work in this area. A literature search was conducted to identify articles that were then blinded and randomly assigned to reviewers to confirm inclusion, abstract information, and assess the quality of study des...