Course: Good Pharmacy Practice: Introduction to Medication Delivery Systems

Besides a computerized system, machines, like the previously mentioned ADC, can also reduce the labor required. Selecting the right system and machine can boost a pharmacy’s efficiency greatly. Ms Chen …

IPSS stands for “intelligent pharmacist service system.” Prescription check is one of the major work of this system. It is designed to check various important databases in order to improve …

With digitalization, comes the concern for patient confidentiality. Patient information is stored within a system used by many healthcare workers. Thus it is important that only authorized individuals have access …

The American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacy (ASHP) formally defines “pharmacy informatics” as “the use and integration of data, information, knowledge, technology, and automation in the medication-use process for the purpose …

There is a wide variety of tools for patient education, from simple leaflets to self-help kiosks, and even fancy digital tools like social media and smartphone applications. Mr Chou gives …

Patient education is a part of clinical pharmacy service. Pharmaceutical treatments can be complicated. Good patient education could increase the medical adherence of patients towards successful outcomes. Patient education provides …

There are various checks to conduct before drugs reach the patients. To reduce error rates, many procedures have been computerized. Warning systems can be designed to check each prescription for …

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), established in 1942, has been at the forefront of efforts to improve medication use and enhance patient safety. There are nearly 58,000 members in …

Good preparation is crucial part in patient education service. Pharmacists should always prepare the knowledge, skill and tools before providing patient education. Each patient is unique. A patient-centered education should …

Storage and administration are also well-regulated in the standards. To conclude this activity, Ms Chou goes over the standards of drug storage, delivery, and administration and elaborates on the requirements …

In practice, pharmacists should provide sufficient drug education to patients. However, due to the heavy workloads of pharmacists in hospitals in Taiwan, we have developed various tools to assist these …

In Taiwan, there are 2 major standards which regulate how pharmacy practice works in a hospital, the hospital accreditation and Good Dispensary Practice (GDP). After explaining the different medication distribution …

Pharmacists play an important role in dispensing practice. Thus, it is well defined in the Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP) guideline. In this video, Ms Chou dives deeper into the guidelines …

Ms Chou moves on to chemotherapy pharmacy and emergency pharmacy. Due to the nature of these sectors, a combination of medication distribution systems have to be used. Chemotherapy pharmacy adapts …

TVGH is one of the largest national medical centers in North Taiwan, which adapts all 4 of the medication distribution systems mentioned last session in its various sectors. In this …