Abduelmula R Abduelkarem is Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University of Science and Technology Network, Ajman, United Arab Emirates; Hawa J El-Shareif is Adult Endocrinologist, Endocrine Department, Tripoli Medical Centre (Tripoli University, Faculty of Medicin...

The role of antimicrobial pharmacists has changed considerably over the past 15 years. We describe here the development and ratification of a new expert professional curriculum to guide the training and development of antimicrobial specialist pharmacists. The curriculum has been developed by the UK Clinical Pharmacy Association Pharmacy Infection Network and endorsed by the Royal Pharmaceutical...

The American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Ambulatory Care Practice Research Network (PRN) considers the role of clinical pharmacists to be fundamental to the success of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model. Within the PCMH, pharmacists can improve the health of populations by participating in activities that optimize medication management. Multiple published articles support cl...

Little attention has been devoted in policy circles as to how Medicare would manage an outpatient prescription drug benefit. This article, first, discusses the role of the pharmacy benefits manager (PBM), the entity that processes claims and otherwise helps administer the benefit. It then discusses the major decisions that will be necessary regarding such matters as: which drugs should be cover...

In 2010, the Purdue University College of Pharmacy established the Medication Safety Research Network of Indiana (Rx-SafeNet), the first practice-based research network (PBRN) in Indiana comprised solely of community pharmacies. In the development of Rx-SafeNet and through our early project experiences, we identified several "lessons learned." We share our story and what we learned in an effort...

The article is devoted to the nomenclature analysis of medicines prepared at 21 pharmacies 1<sup>st</sup> category RUE «BELPHARMATSIYA», largest state pharmacy network in Minsk. Medicines preparation carried out according doctors’ prescriptions and requirements (applications) healthcare organizations as well form intra-pharmacy stocking packing. main tasks are: providing population ...