RESEARCH IN HOSPITAL PHARMACY: Advancement of pharmacy practice and healthcare Pharmacists play a vital role in the health care system through the medicine and information they provide. Pharmacy education is the broad term which mainly involves the Pharmacist educational requirements and carrier Patient education

1. Dr. Asra Hameed
Pharm.D (JUW)
asra_hameed1@hotmail.com
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*The systematic investigation
*Discover new facts
*Add them to already existing body of information
*Reach new conclusions
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*Department of the hospital
*Under the direction of professionally
competent and legally qualified
pharmacist
*Experts in the field of medicines
*Have more complex clinical medication
management issues
*specific indications
*effectiveness of treatment regimens
*safety of medications (drug interactions)
*patient compliance issues
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*Advancement of pharmacy practice and healthcare
*Pivotal role of pharmacist
*To generate new knowledge for improving the therapeutic use of
medicines and overall healthcare outcomes
*Serves as the bedrock for evidence-based pharmacy practice
*Pharmacists who possess the skills to conduct research is critical
because their roles in direct patient care and research is rapidly
advancing

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*Data about the ability and competence of hospital-based
pharmacists on practice-related research have not been
widely documented.
*It is also hard to quantify the research productivity of
hospital pharmacists in an environment where data are
generally limited.

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*Patient's condition
*Diseases, comorbid and infections
*Regarding to symptoms
*Diagnostic techniques
*Treatment
*Clinical trials (scientific research on human body)
*If any epidemiology or any question arise on affected
person research done on virus type to form a new
treatment
*Comparision of existing treatment.
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*Hospital phamaciats are becoming more engaged with
research and development, often in collaboration with
medical staff and colleagues
*Improvement of quality of existing services
*Build the evidences base for developing and commissioning
new servies
*Collecting and sharing these evidences
*Hospital pharmacists in all settings are fully engaged with
research to improve patients outcomes
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*Many drugs are evaluated in hospitalized patients before
they are marketed.
*For Already existed drugs Hospital Pharmacist can do
modification.
* Perform Clinical trials either to check the effect of the
drug.
*The clinical evaluation of investigational drugs present
many opportunities for hospital pharmacist to participate in
research with other members of an organization.
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*There are various TDM (therapeutic drug
monitoring) and clinical pharmacokinetic services
established in hospitals.
*Pharmacist can do research studies about:
*Drug plasma concentration, its bioavailability and
different comparative studies.
*Data which is obtained from researches involved
in individualization of drug dosing in patients.

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ROLE OF HOSPITAL PHARMACIST EFFECTIVENESS
Medication and therapy to the
patient.
Correct
administration, dosage
and route ensured.
Thorough knowledge of drug and
their actions
Right medication in
right time.
dispensing, compounding less chances of errors.
effective and economical
medication system
patient compliance.
Strict dispensing of controlled
drugs.
decrease risks of
abuse.

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*Pharmacist work in collaboration with
nurses,technicians,physicians to rule out
research on new drugs.
* All biopharmaceutical aspects are
analyzed (ADME)by pharmacist on new
compounds.
*In vitro studies for evaluation of
bioavailability, half life , efficacy, toxicity
and interactions.

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*“The prescribing, dispensing,
administering and ingestion of drug”
ROLE OF HOSPITAL PHARMACIST IN
DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW:
*By the interaction with physician and
nurses pharmacist collect data for
drug utilization review.
*After taking data, pharmacist research
to determine benefit risk, cost
effectiveness, over dose, under dose,
misuse of therapeutic class of the drug

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Pharmacists play a vital role in the health care system
through the medicine and information they provide.
Pharmacy education is the broad term which mainly involves
the
*Pharmacist educational requirements and carrier
*Patient education
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*Licensure
*Career Options
*Outlook Salary Information

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*Patient Counseling
*Patient Pharmaceutical Care
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*Disease
*Drug Therapy
*Lab & diagnostic Test
*Drug Information
*Therapeutic Planning
*Physical Assessment
*Patient Monitoring
*Communication
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*Comfortable
*Confidential
*Safe
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*Verification of the patients
understanding, knowledge,
and skill
*Motivate the patients to learn
about their treatment .
*Pharmacists may also have
disease management roles and
responsibilities.

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*Patient’s adherence to their therapy
*Encouraged themselves to be active participants

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*Establish caring relationships with
patients
*Assess the patient’s knowledge
about his or her health problems
and medications
*Provide information to fill
patients’ gaps in knowledge and
understanding.
*Verify patients’ knowledge and
understanding of medication use.
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*Importance of medication for improved
outcomes
*How, when to take the medications, how long?
*What to expect, what to monitor

28. *Avoidance of medications that may
interact with each other
*Potential food supplement interactions
*Use of single pharmacy
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*NEED OF EDUCATION:
It depends on the patient's need and
requirements...

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*OBJECTIVES OF DOCUMENTATION:
The information the record which have to be
noted or save.
*patient's information
*medication
*diagnosis
*treatment
*history
*time and cost spent

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