Best Practices for Hospital and Health-System Pharmacy 2011-2012 (Position and Guidance Documents of Ashp)

Summary

ASHP position statements and more than 70 guidance documents of varying scope provide ongoing advice to managers and practitioners to help improve the medication-use process, patient care and safety, and patient outcomes and quality of life.

New material in this edition covers pharmacy planning for implementation of computerized provider-order-entry systems in hospitals and health systems, emergency medicine pharmacist services, and leadership as a professional obligation.