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...

designing a minimum data set for national cancer registry in iran     sadoughi f [1] , safdari r [2] *, meraji m [3] , ramzan ghorbani n [4] , ghazisaeedi m [5]     received: 9 jul , 2013 accepted: 21 sep , 2013     abstract   background & aims : due to the widespread increase of cancer diseases, cancer registries as foundations for a struggle plan against the disease have been established. the...

despite a renewed focus in the field of global health on strengthening health systems, inadequate attention has been directed to a key ingredient of high-performing health systems: management. we aimed to develop the argument that management – defined here as the process of achieving predetermined objectives through human, financial, and technical resources – is a cross-cutting function necessa...

the current limited focus on management in global health activities is highly problematic given the amounts of financial and human resources that are pouring into health system strengthening interventions and the complexity of clinical operations across settings. by ensuring that public health and healthcare practitioners in domestic and international settings receive management training in the...