Thumbay Pharmacy > Institutional Goals for the Hospital Pharmacy Service:
Thumbay Pharmacy > Institutional Goals for the Hospital Pharmacy Service:
Institutional Goals for the Hospital Pharmacy Service:
To provide the benefits of a qualified hospital pharmacist to patients and to the allied health professionals and institutions;
To assure a high quality of professional practice through the establishment and maintenance of standards of professional ethics, education and attainment and promotion of economic welfare;
To add value to individual patient care by ensuring safe, accurate, rational and cost-effective use of drugs;
To engage in collaborative and inter-disciplinary practice with other healthcare practitioners for the purpose of improving care and conserving resources;
To optimize the use of human resources through expanded roles for pharmacy trainees, increased utilization of automation and technology, and the development of the professional role of the pharmacist;
To promote research in hospital pharmacy & clinical pharmacy practices;
To disseminate pharmaceutical knowledge by providing exchange of information among hospital pharmacists and members of allied specialties and professions;
To optimize the impact of pharmacy student and resident training through development of an educational practice model which results in attainment of department, hospital, and professional goals.
To refine from time to time the purchase & inventory control system so as to standardize the availability of an adequate stock of medications at all times at a healthy profit.