Delivering pharmaceutical services from a decentralized pharmacy--health care system in Spain.
This article presents a practical demonstration of a decentralized pharmacy system improving the quality of pharmaceutical services. The authors explain the working system of a satellite pharmacy in one of the pavilions of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona, Spain. Clinical pharmacists working in this satellite become deeply involved in drug information, quality control programs, pharmacokinetics, patient education, research, and teaching activities.
D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004346:Drug Information Services; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013030:Spain