OBJECTIVE To examine the attitudes of community pharmacist to both mental illness and provision of pharmaceutical care. METHODS The study was conducted from May 2006 to September 2006 in College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The survey composed of the demographic characteristics of the respondents, who were asked 6 Likert type questions on the attitudes of the pharm...

The Data mining is gradually becoming an integral and essential part of health and pharmaceutical industry. Data mining techniques are being regularly used to assess efficacy of treatment, management of ailments, and also in various stages of drug discovery and process research. Off late, data mining has become a boon in health insurance sector to minimize frauds and abuse. A good number of hea...

OBJECTIVE To implement and assess a Web-based patient care portfolio system for development of pharmaceutical care plans by students completing advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs) throughout a statewide preceptor network. DESIGN Using a Web database, students in APPEs documented 6 patient cases within 5 disease state categories. Through discussion of the disease states and inclusio...

BACKGROUND Medication can be effective but can also be harmful and even cause hospital admissions. Medication review or pharmacotherapy review has often been proposed as a solution to prevent these admissions and to improve the effectiveness and safety of pharmacotherapy. However, most published randomised controlled trials on pharmacotherapy reviews showed no or little effect on morbidity and ...

OBJECTIVE The pharmacist must work with the clinical team across the continuum of care to develop and therefore improve the patient's quality of life. In this study, we present the results from a continuous pharmaceutical care programme for patients admitted to an angiology and vascular surgery department. MATERIAL AND METHODS A 5-month prospective study to evaluate the results of a pharmaceu...

AIMS To investigate how seamless pharmaceutical care could be delivered. METHODS Elderly patients discharged from hospital, to their own home, were randomized into control and study groups. Control and study group patients received the normal discharge information. The study group were also counselled about their medicines and informed about their pharmaceutical care plan. Copies of the plan ...

BACKGROUND The current financial crisis is pressing health systems to reduce costs while looking to improve service standards. In this context, the necessity to optimize health care systems management has become an imperative. However, little research has been conducted on health care and pharmaceutical services cost management. AIM Pharmaceutical services optimization requires a comprehensiv...