E-DRUG: RFI: Hospital pharmacy assessment indicators?
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Dear E-druggers
I have a project regarding hospital pharmacy development. So I wish to have suggestions on assessment indicators of the hospital pharmacy.
Sincerely
Arthorn Riewpaiboon, PhD
Associate Professor
Social and Administrative Pharmacy (SAP)
Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University
Sri Ayutthaya Rd., Ratchathevi, Bangkok 10400
Thailand
Tel: 0 2644 8677-90 ext 5745 Fax 0 2644 8694
Mobile:0 1829 0578
pyarp@mahidol.ac.th
E-DRUG: RFI: Hospital pharmacy assessment indicators? (2)
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Dear Arthorn Riewpaiboon,
I have worked for so many hospitals in India. As per my experience, you will need to consult a book named MANAGING DRUG SUPPLY(WHO).
In this book you will find both qualitative as well as quantitative Indicators.
For any assistance, revert back on me
Regards and Thanks
Amit Jain
MBA-Healthcare Management
amit_india2004@yahoo.com
[Managing Drug Supply 2nd edition was published by Kumarian Press. See http://www.kpbooks.com/details.asp?title=Managing+Drug+Supply
USD 31 special price for developing countries.
But you might find copies at your national/regional WHO office or with MSH.
A third edition is being prepared, E-drug understands. WB]
E-DRUG: RFI: Hospital pharmacy assessment indicators? (4)
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I am not aware of specific validated indicators for
hospital pharmacy practice but perhaps you can get
some ideas from two Australian manuals. These are more
specific to medicines use but you should be able to
apply the principles to come up with structure,
process and outcome indicators to suit your needs. If
you have a set of practice guidelines for hospital
pharmacy, these could be used as a basis for selecting
indicators e.g. the ASHP guidelines below.
[Note: you may need to fix long URLs]
1) Manual of indicators for drug use in Australian hospitals (1998)
http://www.ciap.health.nsw.gov.au/nswtag/publications/otherdocs/Manual%20of%20Indicators.pdf
2) Manual of indicators to measure the quality use of medicines component of Australia's National Medicines Policy. (2003)
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/nmp-pdf-manualqum-cnt.htm/$FILE/manualqum.pdf
3) ASHP Guidelines: Minimum Standard for Pharmacies in Hospitals
http://www.ashp.org/bestpractices/practicesettings/Settings_Gdl_MinHosp.pdf
Regards
Douglas Ball
Faculty of Pharmacy
Kuwait University
dball[AT]hsc.edu.kw