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How to Develop and Implement a Program to Continuously Demonstrate the Value of Clinical Pharmacy Services
Author(s) -
Helling Dennis K.,
Nelson Kent M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
pharmacotherapy: the journal of human pharmacology and drug therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.227
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1875-9114
pISSN - 0277-0008
DOI - 10.1592/phco.20.16.340s.35019
Subject(s) - pharmacy , courage , clinical pharmacy , value (mathematics) , quality (philosophy) , health care , nursing , business , medicine , public relations , computer science , political science , philosophy , epistemology , machine learning , law
This paper summarizes key elements that support the success of clinical pharmacy services to continuously improve the quality of drug therapy. Five drivers identify a successful model for continuously demonstrating the value of clinical pharmacy services: knowing the organizational culture; providing leadership; recruiting pharmacy sponsors; showing tenacity; and acting with management courage. Difficulties encountered when communicating the value of clinical pharmacy services within a health care organization usually arise because of failure to include one of these drivers.