Managing the Patient-Centered Pharmacy

Existing pharmacy management texts do not integrate a patient care focus into their contents, and existing texts on pharmaceutical care do not move beyond the clinical aspects of practice into management. Managing the Patient-Centered Pharmacy is the first book to focus on the management decisions and processes that need to occur to successfully implement a pharmaceutical care practice in both the community and hospital pharmacy settings. The book is edited by Harry P. Hagel and John P. Rovers, two of the principal authors of the critically acclaimed and widely adopted book, A Practical Guide to Pharmaceutical Care (American Pharmaceutical Association; 1998).
Key Features:
• 10 chapters by 14 academics and practitioners from the United States, Canada, and Australia who have expertise in the basic components of a well-managed pharmaceutical care practice
• Using a reader-friendly presentation, features the most important management topics a solid understanding of which is required to change a pharmacy from a product distribution orientation to a patient care orientation-including use of automation, staff motivation, creating a business plan, and financial management
• Foreword by Dennis J. McCallian, PharmD, a pharmaceutical care innovator as a community pharmacy manager who is now Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona
• Index