Abstract Background Pharmacists have an essential role to play in the NHS Long Term Plan. Hospital pharmacy departments need develop novel roles strengthen teams and improve patient care. In September 2017, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust appointed a consultant antimicrobial pharmacist along with administrative apprentice infection leadership support delivery of resistance national targets. From ...

Malaysia currently has a total 19,260 registered pharmacists with active practising certificate which is regulated by the Pharmacy Board of and relevant pharmacy laws regulations. In tandem evolvement medicine, are responsible for ensuring safe effective use medications, they play key role in providing healthcare to public as frontliner, educator clinician. For instance, community pharmacies, d...

Background. Diabetes is an emerging chronic disease in developing countries. Its management in developing countries is mainly hospital/clinic based. The increasing diabetes burden in developing countries provides opportunities for community pharmacists to deliver a range of services. Since the management of diabetes requires the patient's own involvement, it is important to gain their views in ...

Introduction: Back in the 1980s many analyses indicated that centralized preparation of cytotoxics gave opportunity to shorten time for their preparation, decrease staff exposure toxic impact, minimize unavoidable residues (to be destroyed) after preparation; therefore, this strategy has been getting implemented different European countries. Purpose : The aim article is make a comparison betwee...

PURPOSE To determine the nature and frequency of medication errors during medication delivery processes in a public teaching hospital geriatric ward in Bali, Indonesia. METHODS A 20-week prospective study on medication errors occurring during the medication delivery process was conducted in a geriatric ward in a public teaching hospital in Bali, Indonesia. Participants selected were inpatient...

Reference Guy, D. 2002. “Survey: A Public Preference for Home Care.” Healthcare Quarterly 6(2): 32-32 About the Author Cathy Hecimovich, BHSc. PT, MEd., CHE, has been an active employee in the health services field for over 20 years. Ms. Hecimovich is currently Senior Director of Client Services at the Mississauga Halton Community Care Access Centre (CCAC). Cathy Hecimovich Home Care’s Unique C...

Background and Objectives: Efficient hospital management requires appropriate cost and price strategies. Informed decision on costs and prices of healthcare services needs estimation of costs of unit services using microeconomic techniques. There is lack of knowledge and skills for such costing methods in the healthcare sector of developing countries such as Iran. This study aims at detail des...

OBJECTIVES Patient satisfaction has emerged as a prerequisite to improving patients' health behaviors leading to better health care outcomes. This study was to identify predictive determinants for patient satisfaction with pharmacy services using national-level data. METHODS A cross-sectional evaluation was conducted using 2008 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES)...

Spanish Society of Hospital Pharmacy (SEFH) includes among its purposes and functions the promotion, fostering and furthering of the performance of all kinds of training programmes and scientific projects, together with research and innovation activities in the area of Hospital Pharmacy. These actions are directed both to their development as well as to their appropriate applications, with the ...