Redesign of the Pharmacy Practice Model at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

摘要

The past 3 decades have witnessed the evolution and refinement of clinical pharmacy. A growing body of evidence supports the proposition that ward-based clinical pharmacy practice improves patient care. The work of clinical pharmacists affects the health care system by significantly reducing mortality rates, medication errors, length of stay, and the cost of care.The Blueprint for Pharmacy, a Canada-wide collaborative initiative, has outlined the need for pharmacists to become more patient-centred and outcome-focused. This approach aligns with the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacy (CSHP) 2015 initiative, Targeting Excellence in Pharmacy Practice, which aims to "improve patients' medication-related outcomes and safety by advancing pharmacy practice excellence".7 Nationwide, the 2009/2010 Hospital Pharmacy in Canada survey demonstrated that the CSHP 2015 target of increasing the extent to which pharmacists help individual hospital inpatients achieve, the best use of medications has not been attained.8 To achieve the aforementioned goal, hospitals and other health care institutions need to establish strong clinical pharmacy programs.