BACKGROUND Hospital pharmacy is responsible for controlling and monitoring the medication use process and ensures the timely access to safe, effective and economical use of drugs and medicines for patients and hospital staff. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to optimize the management of studied outpatient pharmacy by developing suitable queuing theory and simulation technique. PATIENTS AND METH...

1. Pharm. D, Dept. of Pharmacy Practice, Deccan School of Pharmacy, Hyd-01. [E-mail: [email protected]] 2. Pharm. D Incharge, H.O.D. Dept. of Pharmacy Practice, Deccan School of Pharmacy, Hyd-01. [E-mail: [email protected]; Tel: +919573141136] 3. Pharm. D Professor, Dept. of Pharmacy Practice, Deccan School of Pharmacy, Hyd-01. [E-mail: [email protected]; Tel: +91-8688501638] 4. Pharm. D, D...

BACKGROUND The drug information curriculum in US colleges of pharmacy continues to evolve. The American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Drug Information Practice and Research Network (DI PRN) published an opinion paper with specific recommendations regarding drug information education in 2009. Adoption of these recommendations has not been evaluated. OBJECTIVE To assess which recommendati...

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...

the aim of this study was to provide a clinical pharmacy education program at masih daneshvari hospital, a university affiliated hospital, located in tehran, iran. for this purpose, the most common pharmacist involved interventions and aspects of potential fields for pharmacy students and residents education was firstly identified. clinical pharmacy interventions and drug information forms were...

to improve the quality of the mcqs, a supervising feedback strategy between the examination constructors and the educational development office of the school of traditional medicine was performed to evaluate the content validity and designation of the course items of the phytotherapy exam for phd students of traditional pharmacy. the efforts resulted in a well-constructed examination.

background: drugs play a strategic role as a health commodity. thus, the supply chain management of drugs is an important issue to reducing costs and thereby improving patient health. objective: this study evaluated the status of drug supply chain management and health reform in the pharmaceutical sector of teaching hospitals in ahvaz, iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out i...

BACKGROUND Management of prescription refills is a significant challenge for primary care practices, but little information exists on the best way to do it. METHODS Using the "best practices research" method within a primary care practice-based research network, we delineated steps involved in the process and the most important requirements for each step. We identified potential exemplary pra...

1 Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia. 2 Faculty of Pharmacy, Ajman University of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates. 3 Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Postgraduate Medicine, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. 4 Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, College of Clinical Phar...

1Department of Computer Languages and Computer Science, University of Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain 2DIGITS, Faculty of Technology, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK 3Leicester School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK 4Department of Computer and Network Systems Engineering, University of Extremadur...