Handbook of Institutional Pharmacy Practice - Softcover

Thomas R. Brown

Softcover

ISBN 10: 158528114X ISBN 13: 9781585281145

Publisher: Amer Soc of Health-System Pharm, 2005

Synopsis

Handbook of Institutional Pharmacy Practice is a comprehensive resource, providing practical and theoretical information on today's pharmacy practices, policies, and teachings. With over 60 contributors, and a foreword by Henri R. Manasse, Jr., Ph.D., Sc.D, this is an authoritative work from the leaders in institutional best practices. No other text on health-system pharmacy practice offers such comprehensive content. From medication therapy and patient care, to facility planning and design, this uniquely thorough handbook covers a broad spectrum of topics. Content includes an overview of health delivery systems and discussions of various practice settings such as home care, long-term care, hospice and palliative care, as well as ambulatory and managed care.Chapters new to this edition cover: The integrity of the drug supply Interprofessional teams Collaborative practice models Evidence-based medicineThe history of hospital pharmacy in the U.S.The development and implementation of therapeutic plans ...and much more! More importantly, the Handbook of Institutional Pharmacy Practice includes examinations of subjects never before included in one text: pharmacy information systems, automation in practice, informatics, the electronic medical record, and the prescriber order entry system.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Brown was born in Jackson, MS in 1940, completed High School at Forest Hill, his BS in Pharmacy in 1963 and MS in Hospital Pharmacy in 1971 at the University of Mississippi and Doctor of Pharmacy in 1974 at the University of Tennessee, USA. His employment includes several years in community practice, two years with Eli Lilly and Company in sales, four years in the US Army Medical Service Corps including duty as a Company Commander, 3d Infantry Division Medical Supply Officer and two years as Director of Pharmacy at the US Army Hospital, Vicenza, Italy. He joined the faculty at Ole Miss in 1970 became full Professor in 1985 and served as Chair of the Department of Pharmacy Administration for seven years (1986-1992). Dr. Brown has published numerous professional articles, four editions of the Handbook of Institutional Pharmacy Practice as Editor or Co-Editor with Dr. Mickey Smith, is a member of numerous professional, honorary and leadership organizations, and has received several awards including being named a Fellow in the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Dr. Brown retired from full-time teaching in 1999 but has continued to teach part-time. He and his wife, Bonnie, reside in Oxford, MS and have two sons (a pharmacist and a physician) and three grandchildren.

Edition details

• Publisher: Amer Soc of Health-System Pharm
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 158528114X
• ISBN 13: 9781585281145
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 5721