OBJECTIVE To describe innovative programs within the Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy Department in the Colorado Region. SETTING One of eight regions of the nation's largest nonprofit health maintenance organization. PRACTICE DESCRIPTION The pharmacy department comprises two services, Clinical Pharmacy Services and Pharmacy Operations/Support Services, which are integrated to provide comprehensiv...

In 1994, a Ph.D-study started regarding pharmacy, organization and management (APOM) in the Netherlands. The APOM-project deals with the structuring and steering of pharmacy organization. This article describes the summary of the empirical results of a survey in a relatively large sample (n=169). Generalization to the population of pharmacies in the Netherlands was made. The results for thought...

The article presents the results of research for new challenges today regarding incidence monkeypox virus using organizational and legal, clinical pharmacological approaches to analyze epidemiology, risks, symptoms, vaccination opportunities, recommendations detection, pharmacotherapy prevention. Complex experimental a n d study was conducted. conducted on basis disciplines healthcare organizat...

The rapid growth and evolution of the pharmacy profession has created a wide array of opportunities for graduating pharmacists beyond traditional community pharmacy or hospital practice. Management and leadership positions in federal and state healthcare agencies, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, retail pharmacies, academia and managed care organizations increasingly require the pharmaceuti...

OBJECTIVES To determine the effectiveness of an intervention for pharmacy workers in improving their recognition and management of sexually transmitted disease (STD) syndromes. METHODS We randomly selected 14 districts (total population nearly 4 million) from the 24 districts of low socioeconomic status in Lima, Peru. We randomly assigned paired districts to receive training and support for m...

This study evaluated hospital involvement in pharmacy education. Databases from four U.S. National Clinical Pharmacy Services Studies and the American Hospital Association permitted detailed trend analysis. The study population included acute care general medical surgical hospitals: 1989 n = 1174, 1992 n = 1597, 1995 n = 1102, 1998 n = 950. Clinical pharmacy services offered in 50 percent or mo...

Claims-processing systems have developed quickly from .the completion of manual forms in the 1970s, to standardization of forms using the National Drug Code and the National Pharmacy Identification Code; to the real-time point-of-service (POS) systems of the 1990s that provide management functions. POS systems benefit the pharmacy, patient, and pharmacy benefit management company. The capabilit...

The development of multimedia computer simulations in clinical pharmacy education enables students to be exposed to clinical patient management earlier in the education process and allows for the training of large numbers of students outside of conventional clinical practice sites. This manuscript describes what multimedia is and how this technology can be applied to clinical pharmacy training....

BACKGROUND Although various instruments have been developed to measure customer satisfaction with community pharmacy services, there is limited research regarding pharmacy staffs' understanding of service quality and its determinants. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to explore the perceptions of pharmacy staff regarding the factors that constitute a high level of service quality using the service...

Recently, a Ph.D-study started regarding pharmacy, organization and management (APOM) in the Netherlands. The APOM-project deals with the structuring and steering of pharmacy organization. This article describes the theoretical background of a pilot study and the empirical results in a small sample (n=24). No generalization to the population of pharmacies in the Netherlands is possible. Three m...