Managing Pharmacy Practice implementation

About the Author Dr. Mosavin is Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science at Loma Linda University s School of Pharmacy. Dr. Mosavin received a B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Kansas, a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Wisconsin—Madison, and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Dr. Mosavin has experience in pharmaceutical industry, hospital pharmacy, and ambulatory care pharmacy settings. His research interests encompass economic evaluation of health care delivery systems and the role of pharmacists in these systems (especially as it relates to management of chronic diseases by pharmacists). Another key area of his research is analysis of economic gains achieved by health information technology implementation in ambulatory care pharmacy practice. 

As pharmacy practice evolves from a product to a patient orientation, there are unique challenges that arise in managing the value-added services that pharmacists are developing to meet patient needs (e.g., cholesterol screening, diabetes education, drug therapy monitoring, etc.). A section of this book is dedicated to the planning, implementation, reimbursement and evaluation of these new patient care services offered by pharmacists. 

The template for evaluating a clinical pharmacist is for use by clinical pharmacy managers. It should be revised to meet specific institutional requirements for clinical pharmacy practice prior to implementation. Specific numbers and types of patient interventions should be included and reviewed to reflect accurately the individual dinical pharmacist s practice responsibilities. 

Another framework for QRM for clinical pharmacy can be taken from the ISO 9001 for healthcare EN15224, especially from the practical implementation guide Sect. B.4.2. Risk management [6], In this way QRM of clinical pharmacy can be integrated into the existing QRM of the pharmacy and the hospital. 

Practice management guideline S Initiate and maintain ongoing self-assessments of the safety of individual clinical practices as well as with the health care team, the pharmacy department, and the organization. Use the learning experiences of others and self to proactively implement known best practices locally to prevent medication errors and to develop your own safety audit tools. Be dissatisfied with the status quo and seek to develop an error management vision and then take the practical first steps to implement it. 

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