Developed through the ASHP Council on Pharmacy Management and approved by the ASHP Board of Directors on January 15, 2009. These guidelines supersede the ASHP Guidelines on Managing Drug Product Shortages dated March 28, 2001. Erin R. Fox, Pharm.D., is Director, Drug Information Service, University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics, Salt Lake City. Annette Birt, M.B.A., M.P.H., is Pharmacy Communicat...

The current energy context demands the use of environmentally friendly solutions that contribute to displacement traditional fossil fuels. In this regard, heat pumps have become an important tool in decarbonization heating and cooling system. With aim providing new information field, research is conducted analyze suitability a Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) Air (ASHP) two different scenarios. S...

The ASHP Vision for the Pharmacy Workforce in Hospitals and Health Systems expresses a vision for building the workforce capacity of pharmacy departments in hospitals and health systems to meet the growing challenges related to optimizing the use of medicines in those settings.

Copyright © 2005, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc. All rights reserved. 1079-2082/05/0402-0856$06.00. There is a pressing need to prepare health-system pharmacists for executive-level positions, motivate them to step into these roles and educate health-system administrators about the value a pharmacist in such a position could bring to his or her organization. To do this, the...

In this study, performance assessment of the variable speed compressor-based air source heat pump (ASHP) system as a domestic retrofit technology instead fossil fuel-based heating technologies for 1900s Mid terraced house is investigated. The was conducted considering operating mode control and supply temperature impact system. literature, ASHP experimental development with (VSM) in comparison ...

Continual increases in the costs of prescription drugs have affected virtually every segment of the U.S. healthcare system. Prescription medication expenditures increased in 2015 by an average of 11.7% across all healthcare sectors, ranging from 2.9% in long-term care facilities to 25.3% in staff model health maintenance organizations. The only exception was federal facilities, in which drug co...

Abstract Purpose Results of the first ASHP National Survey Health-System Specialty Pharmacy Practice are presented. Methods A sample 230 leaders in health-system specialty pharmacies were contacted by email and invited to participate a survey hosted using an online application. The was compiled from member lists, through review data other surveys indicating presence pharmacies, outreach organiz...

Abstract The rapid economic growth of Southeast Asian countries is followed by accelerated population and energy demand growth. On the other hand, region still relies heavily on fossil fuels as primary source electricity. As a result, there growing concern about future regional sustainability. Space cooling has become one fastest-growing sectors. Introducing new space technology capable providi...

The care of patients in hospitals and other health-care facilities is often dependent on the effective use of drugs. The multiplicity of drugs available makes it mandatory that a sound program of drug usage be developed within the institution to ensure that patients receive the best possible care. In the interest of better patient care, the institution should have a program of objective evaluat...