pharmacy, from the earliest time has been closely related to health and well-being of the people and its own code of ethics. in recent decades there has been a shift in the pharmacist role from traditionally dispensing to patient oriented health care management. nowadays, the philosophy of pharmacy practice is that a pharmacist is an individual who provide his knowledge and skills in patient co...

1 Pharmacy Times is proud to publish this new column on drug interactions by the esteemed Drs. Horn and Hansten, professors of pharmacy at the University of Washington and authors of the pocketsized drug interaction booklet The Top 100 Drug Interactions: A Guide to Patient Management and the loose-leaf reference Drug Interactions Analysis and Management. This column will appear monthly, and fee...

Numerous gaps in the current medication use system impede complete transmission of electronically identifiable and standardized extemporaneous formulations as well as a uniform approach to medication therapy management (MTM) for paediatric patients. The Pharmacy Health Information Technology Collaborative (Pharmacy HIT) identified six components that may have direct importance for pharmacy rela...

Medication Safety has been an established pharmacy specialty in Australian hospitals since the early 2000s and is now one of the ten Australian hospital accreditation standards. Although advances have occurred, medication-related patient harm has not been eradicated. Victorian undergraduate pharmacy programs include some aspects of medication safety, however clinical pharmacy experience, along ...

Aim: To conduct ABC, VED and ABC-VED matrix analysis of the pharmacy store of the tertiary care, teaching, research and referral institute of the Northern India to identify the categories of drugs needing strict management control. Method: The ABC and VED (vital, essential, desirable) analysis of the pharmacy/drug store of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chan...

LAURA ELISABETA CHECHERITA1, DANIELA TRANDAFIR2*, OVIDIU STAMATIN3, ELENA MIHAELA CARAUSU4 1Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Odontology-Periodontology and Fixed Prosthesis, 16 Universitatii Str., 700115, Iasi, Romania 2 Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Oro-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, 16 Universitatii Str., 700115, Iasi, Romania 3 G...

OBJECTIVE (1) To identify patients at risk for osteoporosis through community pharmacy-based bone mineral density (BMD) screening, to refer at-risk patients to primary care and/or specialty practice physicians, and to follow-up with at-risk patients; (2) to treat and manage osteopenic and osteoporotic patients referred to the pharmacy for medication therapy management services; and (3) to test ...

BACKGROUND Sexually Transmitted diseases (STD) syndrome management has been one cornerstone of STD treatment. Persons with STD symptoms in many countries, especially those with limited resources, often initially seek care in pharmacies. The objective of the study was to develop and evaluate an integrated network of physicians, midwives and pharmacy workers trained in STD syndromic management (T...

BACKGROUND Over the past decade the profession of pharmacy has steadily evolved. The New Pharmacy Contract exposed pharmacists to a fundamental change in traditional pharmacy business models. OBJECTIVE This study will consider whether community pharmacists, pharmacy undergraduates and academic staff within the United Kingdom believe it would be beneficial to incorporate a business management ...