Current status of preparation and distribution of medicines.

Drug Supply Chain Management and Implementation of Health Reform Plan in Teaching Hospital Pharmacies of Ahvaz, Iran

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. <strong...

An Optimal Model for Medicine Preparation Using Data Mining

Introduction: Lack of financial resources and liquidity are the main problems of hospitals. Pharmacies are one of the sectors that affect the turnover of hospitals and due to lack of forecast for the use and supply of medicines, at the end of the year, encounter over-inventory, large volumes of expired medicines, and sometimes shortage of medicines. Therefore, medicine prediction using availabl...

An Optimal Model for Medicine Preparation Using Data Mining

Introduction: Lack of financial resources and liquidity are the main problems of hospitals. Pharmacies are one of the sectors that affect the turnover of hospitals and due to lack of forecast for the use and supply of medicines, at the end of the year, encounter over-inventory, large volumes of expired medicines, and sometimes shortage of medicines. Therefore, medicine prediction using availabl...

Clinical application of plasma derived medicines: current situation and future trend

Current status of pharmacist influences on prescribing of medicines.

Lisa NisseN, B.Pharm., Ph.D., is Senior Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia ([email protected]). Dr. Nissen received an honorarium from the International Pharmaceutical Federation for preparing this article and acting as a working-group facilitator. Copyright © 2009, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc., and Internati...