OBJECTIVE To describe innovative programs within the Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy Department in the Colorado Region. SETTING One of eight regions of the nation's largest nonprofit health maintenance organization. PRACTICE DESCRIPTION The pharmacy department comprises two services, Clinical Pharmacy Services and Pharmacy Operations/Support Services, which are integrated to provide comprehensiv...

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...

OBJECTIVE Clinical pharmacy practice has developed internationally to expand the role of a pharmacist well beyond the traditional roles of compounding and supplying drugs to roles more directly in caring for patients and providing medication consultation to staff. This area of practice is at the infant stage in Ethiopia. The aim of this study was to explore key informants' perspective in the im...

In 2008, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and its Research and Education Foundation initiated the Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative (PPMI), the goal of which is to “significantly advance the health and well-being of patients in hospitals and health systems by developing and disseminating optimal pharmacy practice models that are based on the effective use of pharmacists...

INTRODUCTION The attention to experiential education within the academic pharmacy and professional practice communities has increased dramatically in recent years. Some of the added attention has been in response to changes in accreditation requirements as promulgated by the Accreditation Council on Pharmacy Education (ACPE) in the Accreditation Standards and Guidelines for the Professional Pro...

The PHARMINE ("Pharmacy Education in Europe") project examined the organisation of pharmacy practice and education in the European Union (EU). An electronic survey was sent out to representatives of different sectors (community, hospital, industrial pharmacists, university staff, and students) in each individual EU member state. This paper presents the results of the PHARMINE survey on pharmacy...