Safety and Effectiveness of Pharmacy Practice

Description

Learn all there is to know about the concepts of quality improvement and how they apply to current and future pharmacy practice. This book is an excellent resource for pharmacists and pharmacy students who want to learn about safety. It is a comfortable read and written at an elementary level compared to other textbooks in the pharmacy curriculum, which may be necessary given that the authors rightly conclude that there is a lack of discussion of quality improvement in the pharmacy curriculum. 3 Stars." —Doody's Review Service The ideas, attitudes, tactics, and activities required to increase pharmacy services' overall safety and efficacy are described in the Pharmacy Quality Alliance publication Quality and Safety in Pharmacy Practice. You will find recommendations that can be put into effect right now to improve current pharmacy practice, even if one of the book's main objectives is to improve the quality of future healthcare. This thorough work explains quality in general, the justifications for practice improvement, and practical day-to-day adjustments and strategies that will benefit the patient. The five sections of Safety and Effectiveness of Pharmacy Practice cover: •The business case for quality improvement and value-driven healthcare, as well as the existing and projected landscape of healthcare quality • Tools and principles for quality improvement, such as statistical process control • Mechanisms for obtaining consumer input, together with measures for ensuring quality and safety • Rewards and additional factors that promote quality improvement • Using the concepts of quality improvement in pharmacy practice (complete with case examples).