A strategy for clinical pharmacy development

Abstract

This paper describes a strategy of clinical pharmacy development at Southampton as an example of a UK teaching hospital. The delivery of this plan puts pharmacists at the centre of managing the risks of the medicines use process. A series of surveys over two decades shows how clinical pharmacy activities have evolved.

Benchmarking clinical pharmacy services in the United Arab Emirates with United States of America and Sweden

“…Over decades, clinical pharmacy has been defined differently by different organizations (Andersen et al, 2014). The European Society of Clinical Pharmacy describes clinical pharmacy (Tomlin, 2013) as "a health specialty, which describes the activities and services of the clinical pharmacist to develop and promote the rational and appropriate use of medicinal products and services." The American College of Clinical Pharmacy defines clinical pharmacists as "accountable for optimal medication therapy in the prevention and treatment of disease or the science and practice of rational medicine use" (The American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 2007).…”

Evaluation of implementation of clinical pharmacy services in Central Norway

“…The clinical pharmacy has been defined differently by different organisations 1. The Norwegian Hospital Pharmacy Association defines it as: ‘The use of pharmaceutical competencies, clinical data and other relevant information to achieve correct use of drugs for each individual patient.…”