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The future of clinical pharmacy in Europe with ESCP president Monika Lutters

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Here, speaking to Gerry Hughes, she shares her insights on current clinical pharmacy challenges around expansion and integration of hospital pharmacists, and the exciting trajectory this branch of pharmacy is set to undertake in the years ahead. Over previous decades, there have been several inflection points in its progress.

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Case study: The pinnacle of person-centred care in hospital pharmacy

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Establishing a core priority Despite having a role that rarely involved a patient-facing element, Cecilia Tse, the trust’s formulary lead pharmacist, was keen to establish person-centred care as a core priority for every member of the team and in all facets of pharmacy across Northwick Park Hospital.

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Discovering My Path: My Journey as a Pharmacy Student at the University of Findlay

Pharmacy Is Right For Me

This camp gave me a real taste of what being a pharmacist entails as I compounded medications and completed various patient care simulations. Growing up, I spent a lot of time in hospitals with my brother, who has a chronic illness. The Best Part: People My favorite part of pharmacy school is definitely the people.

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Why Is Nobody Using Your Guidelines? – Insights On Designing Useful Guidelines For Infectious Diseases

IDStewardship

which has to do with antimicrobial stewardship programs in hospitals. One great thing The Joint Commission includes in their update is element of performance 10 (which is new) and requires hospitals to allocate financial resources for staffing and information technology to support the antibiotic stewardship program.

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Interview #6: Hospital admission as an opportunity for deprescribing?

The deprescribing.org Blog

Recently the Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy (CJHP) published an article where the question “Should hospital admission be used as an opportunity for deprescribing in older adults?” Access to what is described as a “controlled” environment definitely sets the stage for success. was fiercely debated.

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Learning Clinical Microbiology Using Podcasting: The Let’s Talk Micro Podcast

IDStewardship

It is an incredibly important field for the advancement of patient care today. However, most people do not know that this is an occupation which can make a big impact on patient care. I am definitely planning on doing this for a long time. Like I said bringing awareness about it has been a hurdle.

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Professional Standards for Homecare Services updated by RPS

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Originally published in 2013 , the standards aim to ensure consistent, high-quality care for patients receiving medicines and associated services in their own homes that would previously have been supplied in hospitals.