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The journal was founded in 1943 as the Bulletin of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists. It was renamed the American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy in 1958. Its sponsoring society launched a second journal, Clinical Pharmacy, in 1982; the two publications merged in 1994. [1] [2] In 1995 the AJHS obtained its present title. [3]
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) is a professional organization that represents pharmacists who serve as patient care providers in hospitals, health systems, ambulatory clinics, and other healthcare settings. The organization's nearly 60,000 members include pharmacists, student pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians. [1]
A hospital pharmacist checking a liquid solution. A hospital pharmacy is a department within a hospital that prepares, compounds, stocks and dispenses inpatient medications. Hospital pharmacies usually stock a larger range of medications, including more specialized and investigational medications (medicines that are being studied, but have not ...
Clinical pharmacy is the branch of pharmacy in which clinical pharmacists provide direct patient care that optimizes the use of medication and promotes health, wellness, and disease prevention. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Clinical pharmacists care for patients in all health care settings but the clinical pharmacy movement initially began inside hospitals and ...
The U.S. PharmacistISSN 0147-7633 [1] is a monthly magazine for pharmacists and health professionals. [2] It is published by Jobson Publishing. [3] In 2018 the company was acquired by WebMD. [3] The magazine is based in Riverton, New Jersey. [4] As of 2013 Harold Cohen was the editor-in-chief of U.S. Pharmacist. [5]
The ISMP frequently investigates and reports on medication errors that have occurred in practice. These investigations are often published in the peer-reviewed journal Hospital Pharmacy. [9] [10] [11]
The Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP) is a professional organization representing the interests of pharmacists who practice in hospitals and related healthcare settings. [1] [2] It publishes the Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy. The CSHP has more than 3,000 hospital pharmacists as members.
The pharmacist qualification in the European Union is regulated by the Directive 2005/36/EC, [33] where Section 7 Article 44(2) mandates at least five years of training including "four years of full-time theoretical and practical training" and "six-month traineeship in a pharmacy which is open to the public or in a hospital, under the ...