Managing Pharmacy Practice management

Harvey Rappaport, Tracey Hunter, Joseph Roy, and Kelly Straker Managing Pharmacy Practice Principles, Strategies, and Systems... 

Mitrany, D. and R. Elder, "Collaborative Pharmacy Practice Idea Whose Time Has Come," ]. Managed Care Pharm., 5, 487 (1999). 

Another resource that is very important to managers is people. In pharmacy practice, there is very little that any one person can accomplish on his or her own, regardless of the practice setting. Pharmacists must work with other employees in their pharmacies, other health care professionals, and especially the patients and customers they serve. Given the importance of this topic, an entire section of this book (Chapters 8 through 14) is dedicated to the management of people. 

Much of what was first described by Taylor and Fayol at the beginning of the twentieth century is still applied today by managers at all levels of administration in all types of organizations. However, much has changed in both pharmacy practice and the workplace over that time, and management science has exploded to keep up with those changes. 

Select a specific pharmacy practice setting (i.e., hospital practice, community practice, or managed care). What barriers do you believe would limit the ability of pharmacists and pharmacy managers to conduct effective planning in that setting ... 

What is the importance of operations management in pharmacy practices today ... 

Clinical information systems that stand alone or do not integrate into other systems are common in clinical pharmacy practice. They may involve pharmacists manually entering patient-specific data for use in managing patients pharmacotherapy (Felkey, 1997). Point-... 

Explain how time management techniques apply to pharmacy practice. 

How does personal time management relate to time management in pharmacy practice ... 

So how does all this information about personal time management relate to pharmacy practice As mentioned earlier, it is unlikely that a person who is extremely disorganized at home will be very organized in his or her work environment, and vice versa. Certainly, however, time management skills in practice depend on... 

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. 

Financial reports used in independent pharmacy practice are very similar to those used in chain community pharmacies. Managers in chain community pharmacies pay attention to the same financial ratios and key indicators on balance sheets and income statements. It was with this knowledge that Marco and Diana decided to spend some time with WHP s owner to gain more insight into the preparation and review of financial reports in community pharmacy practice. 

Describe how a marketing management process can be used to influence decisions in a pharmacy practice. 

About the Authors Dr. Farmer is Associate Professor of Pharmacy Administration at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Pharmacy. He received a B.S. in pharmacy and Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Dr. Farmer has experience in retail and hospital pharmacy practice settings and marketing research in the pharmaceutical industry. He teaches courses in U.S. health care systems and policy, financial management, and pharmaceutical marketing. Dr. Farmer s research is focused on issues related to medication adherence and health and economic consequences of health and medication health care policies. 

Discuss how risk management techniques can be used to manage emerging risks that may pose a threat to community pharmacy practice. 

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