Rita Shane, PhaRm.D., FaShP, FCShP, is Director of Pharmacy Services, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, and Assistant Dean, Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco. Address correspondence to Dr. Shane at Pharmacy Services, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Room A-903, Los Angeles, CA 90048 ([email protected]). T...

background in supporting a therapeutic approach and medication therapy management, pharmacy information system acts as one of the central pillars of information system. this ensures that medication therapy is being supported and evaluated with an optimal level of safety and quality similar to other treatments and services. objectives this research aims to evaluate the performance of pharmacy in...

The following minimum standard guidelines are intended to serve as a basic guide for the provision of pharmacy services in hospitals. These guidelines outline a minimum level of services that most hospital pharmacy departments should consistently provide. The reader is strongly encouraged to review the American Society of Health-System Pharmacy (ASHP) guidance documents referenced throughout th...

BACKGROUND A non-dispensing pharmacist conducts clinical pharmacy services aimed at optimizing patients individual pharmacotherapy. Embedding a non-dispensing pharmacist in primary care practice enables collaboration, probably enhancing patient care. The degree of integration of non-dispensing pharmacists into multidisciplinary health care teams varies strongly between settings. The degree of i...

BACKGROUND In many developing countries, pharmacists are facing many challenges while they try to enhance the quality of services provided to patients approaching community pharmacies. OBJECTIVE To explore perception of community pharmacists in Dubai regarding the obstacles to enhanced pharmacy services using a part of the results from a nation-wide quantitative survey. METHODS A questionna...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact of student pharmacists delivering medication therapy management (MTM) services during an elective advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE). METHODS Student pharmacists provided MTM services at community pharmacy APPE sites, documented their recommendations, and then made follow-up telephone calls to patients to determine the impact of the MTM provided. St...

Rita R. Shane, PhaRm.D., FaShP, FCShP, is Director, Pharmacy Services, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, and Assistant Dean, Clinical Pharmacy Services, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco. Address correspondence to Dr. Shane at the Department of Pharmacy Services, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Room A-845, Los Angeles, CA 90048 (rita.sh...

Hospital pharmacy practice has undergone many changes over the past 3 decades. New technologies, such as automated repackaging, robotic unit-dose cart-fill systems, and automated dispensing cabinets, have improved the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of drug distribution systems. In addition, new pharmacy practice models have been introduced in which pharmacists accept responsibility and ...

Clinical pharmacy is a patient-centred pharmaceutical practice. The main objective is to ensure themost appropriate and safe use of medicines. A second related objective is to optimise medicines use atthe lowest possible costs. Clinical pharmacy services have existed for many years in North Americaand the UK, and they can be provided from the hospital pharmacy department (centra...