introduction: pharmacists and pharmaceutical services are among the most important resources and programs in providing health for a society. pharmacists as the key players in presenting health services, greatly impact on the health of a society and if they suffer low job satisfaction, their dissatisfaction may relatively threaten health in a society. this study was conducted to determine irania...

OBJECTIVES Pharmacist-managed collaborative services in a family practice setting are described, and diabetes and hypertension outcomes are assessed. METHODS Pharmacist-managed clinics, pharmacotherapy consultations, and drug information services are provided for a medically underserved, predominantly African American population. A pharmacy residency director, an ambulatory care pharmacy resi...

INTRODUCTION Thai pharmacy education consists of two undergraduate programs, a 5-year Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BScPsci and BScPcare) degree and a 6-year Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D). Pharmacy students who wish to serve in the public sector need to enroll in the public service program. This study aims to compare the perception of professional competency among new pharmacy graduates from ...

This study evaluated hospital involvement in pharmacy education. Databases from four U.S. National Clinical Pharmacy Services Studies and the American Hospital Association permitted detailed trend analysis. The study population included acute care general medical surgical hospitals: 1989 n = 1174, 1992 n = 1597, 1995 n = 1102, 1998 n = 950. Clinical pharmacy services offered in 50 percent or mo...

Background Currently, clinical pharmacists have in-depth therapeutic knowledge and scientific skills to act as drug therapy experts in healthcare settings. Objective The aim of this study was to assess the opportunities and challenges of clinical pharmacy services from the health practitioners' perspective in University of Gondar (UOG) hospital Ethiopia. Methods A qualitative study was perf...

1 Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia. 2 Faculty of Pharmacy, Ajman University of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates. 3 Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Postgraduate Medicine, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. 4 Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, College of Clinical Phar...

BACKGROUND The accountable care organization (ACO) model being adopted across the United States aims to improve patient care and reduce costs. Little is known about whether commercial ACO contracts include accountability for prescription drug spending or how ACOs are engaging outpatient pharmacies and managing prescription drug use. OBJECTIVE To explore how ACOs are addressing drug spending a...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the satisfaction rate of hospital managerial/clinical teams (HMCTs) including principles (chief executives), managers, supervisor pharmacists and head nurses from services presented by private sectors directing 10 pharmacy departments in hospitals affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.This study is an observational and descriptive stu...

OBJECTIVE To compare the attitudes of community pharmacy managers who did and did not contract with Mirixa to provide Medicare Part D medication therapy management (MTM) services in 2006. DESIGN Cross-sectional descriptive study. SETTING United States in 2006. PARTICIPANTS 100 pharmacy managers contracted to provide MTM services in 2006 and 100 pharmacy managers not contracted to provide ...

OBJECTIVE To determine if a prototype pharmacists' services evaluation programme that uses linked community pharmacy claims and health administrative data to measure pharmacists' performance can be used to identify characteristics of pharmacies providing higher quality of care. DESIGN Population-based cohort study using community pharmacy claims from 1 November 2009 to 30 June 2010. SETTING...