BACKGROUND Taiwan has separated drug prescribing and drug dispensing services since 1997. Because of this, patients with chronic illness as well as those with diseases that have a relatively stable status may have their prescriptions refilled in nearby clinic pharmacies without having to go to hospitals. METHODS Shuang-Ho Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, implemented a drive-through pharmacy servic...

Ian D Maidment (corresponding author), Senior Pharmacist, Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent. Corresponding address – Pharmacy Department, Eastern and Area Coastal Office, St Martin’s Hospital, Littlebourne Rd., Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1AZ, UK Telephone / fax – 01227 812203. Email – ian.maidment@n...

OBJECTIVE To review the published English literature regarding international hospital pharmacy practice. DATA SOURCES A computer search of all English-language articles in MEDLINE (1966-June 2004) and other Internet sources and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (1971-June 2004). STUDY SELECTION AND DATA EXTRACTION All studies that discussed hospital pharmacy or clinical hospital pharma...

Paul W. abramoWitz, Pharm.D., FaShP, is Interim Hospital Associate Director for Professional Services and Chief Pharmacy Officer, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, and Professor and Assistant Dean, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Address correspondence to Dr. Abramowitz at the Department of Pharmaceutical Care, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200...

Issues facing pharmacy leaders in 2015 include practice model growth and the role of pharmacy students, clinical privileging of health-system pharmacists and provider status, medication error prevention, and specialty pharmacy services. The goal of this article is to provide practical approaches to 4 issues facing pharmacy leaders in 2015 to help them focus their department's goals. This articl...

BACKGROUND The United Kingdom has been at the forefront of enhancing pharmacist roles and community pharmacy services, particularly over the past decade. However, patient and public awareness of community pharmacy services has been limited. OBJECTIVE To identify and synthesize the research literature pertaining to patient and public perspectives on: existing community pharmacy services, exten...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To present the member registry survey methods and characterize the first national clinical pharmacy practice-based research network (PBRN). DESIGN Cross-sectional online survey. SETTING A national clinical pharmacy association. PARTICIPANTS American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) full and associate members, integrated health system groups of pharmacists, and existing ...

• Background: Medication management is becoming more complex, with new medications entering the market, drug prices increasing, and patients transferring into and out of the hospital. Transitions of care services are being implemented to prevent readmissions and increase patient satisfaction. Pharmacists play a key role by expanding clinical services provided to patients around medication manag...