Download or read book A Guide to Performance Improvement for Pharmacies written by and published by Joint Commission Resources. This book was released on 1997 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pharmacist Guide to Implementing Pharmaceutical Care written by Filipa Alves da Costa and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-17 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the contributions of global experts, this book meets the growing need to understand the implementation and development of pharmaceutical care. Pharmaceutical Care Implementation details the clinical pharmacist's role in providing care to different kind of patients using clinical strategies that improve humanistic, economic and clinical outcomes. Written with a focus for students and pharmacists, this book offers multiple scenarios that serve to improve technical skills. These examples show step-by-step implementation processes from pharmacists who have worked for many years in these fields: drug-related problems, pharmaceutical care in different settings (community, hospital, home care), research outcomes, communication skills, indicators, advertising, remuneration of practice, standards, guidelines, protocols and teaching approaches for universities. Readers will use this book to:- Improve their skills to prevent, detect and solve drug-related problems - Understand the characteristics of care for patients in different settings- Consolidate knowledge from different global research outcomes- Develop and improve communication skills to establish relationships with patients and healthcare professionals.- Learn to use indicators, standards,guidelines,and protocols to guide and evaluate pharmaceutical care performance- Use different tools to advertise pharmaceutical care services- Document pharmaceutical care practices and create evidence for remuneration
Download or read book Quality and Safety in Pharmacy Practice written by Terri L. Warholak and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gain a complete understanding of the principles of quality improvement and their application to present and future pharmacy practice "This book is a great resource for pharmacists and pharmacy students who want to learn about safety and quality in pharmacy practice."--Laura Cranston, RPh, Executive Director, The Pharmacy Quality Alliance Quality and Safety in Pharmacy Practice details the principles, approaches, strategies, and actions necessary to improve the overall safety and effectiveness of pharmacy services. Although one of the book’s primary goals is to enhance the quality of future health care, you will find guidelines that can be implemented immediately to improve today’s pharmacy practice. This comprehensive text offers a complete overview of quality in general, the reasons for improving practice, and actual day-to-day changes and approaches that will positively impact the patient. Quality and Safety in Pharmacy Practice is divided into five parts, covering: The current and future landscape of health care quality and the business case for quality improvement and value-driven health care Quality improvement concepts and tools, including statistical process control Quality and safety measurement, including mechanisms for gathering consumer feedback Incentives and other drivers of quality improvement Application of the principles of quality improvement to pharmacy practice -- complete with case examples
Download or read book Financial Management for Health System Pharmacists written by Andrew L. Wilson and published by ASHP. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era of skyrocketing drug costs, changing reimbursement, pharmacist and technician shortages, and a seemingly permanent "do-more-for-less" era of hospital and health-system management, every management decision that a pharmacy manager makes has financial implications. Success as a manager means understanding - and then mastering - the basics of finance and accounting as practiced in institutional health care. Financial Management for Heath-System Pharmacists provides pharmacy managers with a set of fundamental financial management tools as they relate not only to pharmacy department management, but to the management of the hospital and health care system. Chapters include information on: * Financial accounting principles * Hospital financial management * Budgeting principles * Forecasting pharmaceutical expenditures * Cost management basics * Controlling operating results
Download or read book 1998 Performance Improvement Program written by Pharmacy Systems, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Preceptor s Handbook for Pharmacists written by Lourdes M. Cuellar and published by ASHP. This book was released on 2009-07-02 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order for you to make a difference to new pharmacists, you must remain challenged and energized by your role as preceptor. ASHP’s Preceptor’s Handbook for Pharmacists, second edition, in a completely revised format, gives new and experienced preceptors, residents, and pharmacy directors the practical advice needed to start new pharmacists on the path to success.In eleven, no-nonsense chapters, you will learn what it takes to be an effective preceptor, mentor, and career advisor.Inside you will learn how to: Fit precepting responsibilities into your schedule Guide yourself and your site through the new ACPE guidelines Ask leading questions Calm students’ fears and worries Give constructive feedback Use the latest assessment tools Promote self-directed learning Develop effective goals and objectives for your student And much more! The second edition features new tips, updated content, and newly organized information so that you can find the information you need quickly. It was also written with terminology that complies with ACPE standards. “Pearls” are highlighted so that you can pick up the book anytime you need inspiration.
Download or read book Building a Successful Ambulatory Care Practice written by Mary Ann Kliethermes and published by ASHP. This book was released on 2011-12-21 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let ASHP’s new book be your blueprint to a thriving ambulatory care practice, whether it’s health-system, physician, or community based. Get comprehensive, practical guidance on all your questions. Topics include: • How do I write a business plan? • What do I need to do to manage risk and liability? • Why do we need a marketing strategy? • Who handles reimbursements? • What credentials do we need? Plus: A companion web toolkit gives you all the help and templates you need to get going.
Download or read book Supervision written by Jeannette Y. Wick and published by American Pharmacists Association (APhA). This book was released on 2003 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide concisely covers the major personnel issues that supervisors in the pharmacy field face and the skill set they need to fulfill the supervisor's responsibilities. Features include explanations of major labour laws; tables and boxes summarizing points; and workplace challenges.
Download or read book Pharmaceutical Metrics written by David S. Zuckerman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'What gets measured gets fixed' and this is as true of the pharmaceutical industry as any other. The problem is that pharmaceutical businesses are complex. Drug research and development involves extended and expensive processes; defining appropriate metrics for these processes is not easy, yet ineffective or misguided metrics can be more damaging than none at all. David Zuckerman's Pharmaceutical Metrics is an extremely practical guide to selecting a system, selling it to top management, choosing and defining the right metrics for your system, communicating and displaying the results. And because metrics are about how to shape and develop your business, he explores how to deploy them organization-wide and make sure that they are driving business improvement. In order to reflect the needs of different types of pharmaceutical company the author uses four sample companies, throughout the book, to illustrate the principles for 'big pharma', 'micro pharma', a virtual development company and a CRO. This highly practical book provides a step-by-step guide to creating a state-of-the-art, strategy-driven metrics system for pharmaceutical R&D, supported by case studies of the techniques applied and tips for optimizing the system.
Download or read book Assuring Continuous Complicance with Joint Commission Standards written by John P. Uselton and published by ASHP. This book was released on 2010 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maintaining continuous compliance with Joint Commission standards fosters safe, high-quality care and assures readiness for a survey at any time. The 8th edition of Assuring Continuous Compliance with Joint Commission Standards: A Pharmacy Guide provides expert help in assuring that your pharmacy is compliant. The authors have helped hundreds of hospital pharmacies comply with Joint Commission standards and prepare for surveys. Benefit from their unique perspective in this latest edition of the indispensable guide to fostering high-quality patient care by incorporating Joint Commission standards into everyday practice. New to this edition: * Current with the new 2010 National Patient Safety Goals. * Changes in Joint Commission standards renumbering. * All forms are completely updated.
Download or read book Performance Improvement Basics written by Cynthia Barnard and published by HC Pro, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assuring Continuous Complicance with Joint Commission Standards written by John P Uselton and published by ASHP. This book was released on 2010-05-05 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s complex and rapidly changing world of compliance, you can’t afford to be left behind. The 8th Edition of Assuring Continuous Compliance with Joint Commission Standards: A Pharmacy Guide, can help keep you up to speed. It’s the only book to cover all the latest major accreditation standards, including the Joint Commission.Inside You’ll find:· Updated chapters on the Joint Commission’s survey process and National Patient Safety Goals, such as Medication Management standards (which includes new icons to identify performance elements that require documentation)· A new chapter on the NIAHO (DNV) survey process and standards· Updated chapters on CMS medication-related regulations, including key medication issues, as well as HFAP standards The 8th Edition includes the new numbering system and most current text, revised examples of forms and documents and an expanded, more complete index for easier search capabilities. What’s more, the authors put this latest data into context with compliance strategies you can use in your everyday practice. Even More Easy-to-Use, Hands-On ToolsThis unique guideincludes a companion CD with more than 50 example forms and documents you can easily customize and put to use at your organization. By completing the Yes/No checklists for each Element of Performance, you’ll be able to prepare action plan documents to guide your pharmacy’s continuous compliance efforts. It’s yet another way this valuable guide helps make continuous compliance simple, streamlined and effective – and helps your hospital be ready for anything.
Download or read book Meeting Accreditation Standards A Pharmacy Preparation Guide written by John P Uselton and published by ASHP. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meeting Accreditation Standards: A Pharmacy Preparation Guide is the only book to cover all the latest major accreditation standards. Highlights include: Major changes including revised survey processes and streamlined standards to emphasize CMS’s focus on safety and improving the quality of patient care New chapters for the fourth accreditation organization CIHQ, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Pain Management Addresses the standards and requirements effective from July 2019 to the extent that they are known Contains the most up-to-date medication management (MM) standards and requirements and the medication-related 2019 NPSGs and their requirements
Download or read book A Practical Guide to Pharmaceutical Care written by John P. Rovers and published by American Pharmacists Association (APhA). This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous editions of this text focused on transitioning practitioners to a new paradigm of practice in community pharmacies, embracing both clinical skills and practice management. The 3rd edition focuses on student learning of the basic skills needed to provide pharmaceutical care to patients regardless of the practice setting. Section 1 (Practice Skills), comprising the first 6 chapters, is dedicated to learning each of the needed skills and the process of providing care. Section 2 (Skill Application in Practice), comprising the next 4 chapters, shows the application of the skills through case studies in community pharmacies, hospitals, long-term-care settings, and ambulatory-care settings.
Download or read book Pharmacy Management written by Shane P. Desselle and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2005 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Editors Desselle and Zgarrick have brought together 33 contributed chapters in their endeavor to prepare pharmacy students for the realities of managing a practice. After a section on why it's important to study management in pharmacy school, coverage includes the various ins-and-outs of managing oneself (understanding stress), operations, people,
Download or read book Pharmacy Management Essentials for All Practice Settings Second Edition Essentials for All Practice Settings Second Edition written by Shane Desselle and published by McGraw-Hill Prof Med/Tech. This book was released on 2008-08-26 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If it's important to your pharmacy career… you'll find it here "This is the most comprehensive pharmacy management book I have ever seen. It is suitable for all types of practice settings: community/retail, hospital, etc. It is nearly a one-stop single resource for one opening a new pharmacy or owning or managing an existing pharmacy. In essence, it provides an understanding for the role of management in pharmacy practice. The book covers core topics as well as valuable peripheral topics and themes that will be of value to managers....It is superior to the earlier edition and to other, currently available management books. It is a plus that nearly all examples and cases use pharmacy settings. 3 Stars."--Doody's Review Service Covering everything from operations management and purchasing to Medicare Part D, this complete guide explains vital pharmacy management topics across all practice settings. More than any other text, Pharmacy Management reflects the challenges facing today's pharmacist. The book is filled with advice from the field's top experts who take you through the principles applicable to all aspects of pharmacy practice, from managing money to handling personal stress. Long after you've taken your last pharmacy college exam, you'll turn to Pharmacy Management for answers to make your pharmacy practice more professionally rewarding and personally enriching. Features: A scenario-based presentation combines practical solutions with evidence-based management theory and models, which are directly applied to cases and examples. Learning objectives and Q&As appear in every chapter NEW chapters on: Leadership, Medicare Part D, and Financial Reports Important revisions to the chapters on Managing Technology and Information Systems and Reimbursement for Value-Added Pharmacy Services
Download or read book Handbook of Institutional Pharmacy Practice written by Thomas R. Brown and published by ASHP. This book was released on 2006 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Institutional Pharmacy Practice, 4th Edition is a comprehensive resource that provides both practical and theoretical information on today's pharmacy practices, policies, and teachings.
