OBJECTIVES We explored factors influencing Indonesian primary care pharmacists' practice in chronic noncommunicable disease management and proposed a model illustrating relationships among factors. METHODS We conducted in-depth, semistructured interviews with pharmacists working in community health centers (Puskesmas, n=5) and community pharmacies (apotek, n=15) in East Java Province. We inte...

Pharmacy administration is a comprehensive discipline in the pharmaceutical engineering filed, it is also a crossing edge subject generating from mutual cross effect of pharmacy, sociology, economics, law, management and behavioral sciences ect. This subject has wide coverage and substantial content, and it almost involves in all fields of pharmacy and all organizations of pharmacy administrati...

The specialty pharmaceuticals market is expanding more rapidly than the traditional pharmaceuticals market. Specialty pharmacy operations have evolved to deliver selected medications and associated clinical services. The growing role of specialty drugs requires new approaches to managing the use of these drugs. The focus, expectations, and emphasis in specialty drug management in an integrated ...

since late 1960s, pharmacists in the usa and england have started a professional movement towards a more efficient presence in clinical wards of hospitals. a similar movement has started in developed european countries during the past decade. pharmacists are convinced of the need for them to play their role as drug consultants and pharmacotherapy advisers to make decisions on drug therapy probl...

Underreporting tuberculosis (TB) cases can compromise surveillance. We evaluated the contribution of pharmacy data in three different managed-care settings and geographic areas. Persons with more than two anti-TB medications were identified by using pharmacy databases. Active TB was confirmed by using state TB registries, medical record review, or questionnaires from prescribing physicians. We ...

clinical pharmacy is deemed an integral component of a health care system. the presence of clinical pharmacists in medical rounds could assist physicians in optimizing patients' pharmacotherapy. moreover, clinical pharmacists may reduce adverse effects and medication errors insofar as they contribute significantly to the detection and management of drug-related problems, not least in patients w...

We previously started pharmacist blood pressure (BP) management programs using telemonitoring systems for monitoring side effects of antihypertensive drugs in a community pharmacy. The present case demonstrates that pharmacist BP management programs using telemonitoring systems are useful for monitoring side effects of antihypertensive drugs in a community pharmacy.

Jeffrey Fudin, PharmD, DAIPM, FCCP, FASHP President and Director, Scientific and Clinical Affairs for Remitigate, LLC, Delmar, NY Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Pain Management, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY Adjunct Associate Professor, Western New England University College of Pharmacy, Springfield, MA Clinical Pharmacy Specialist and Director...