Pharmacist interventions in a decentralized unit dose system.
In our hospital, the decentralized pharmacists, on a daily basis, are documenting their cost-saving and therapeutic interventions. The cost savings for the first six months in 1991 totaled $45,862. The therapeutic interventions for these six months totaled 2,087. These interventions have a direct impact on the quality of patient care, while at the same time providing input into economics of patient care. The pharmacist interventions at our hospital can be documented and measured, and they do have an impact on physician prescribing habits.
Hoolihan
R J
RJ
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN.
Skoogman
L H
LH
D002497:Centralized Hospital Services; D017046:Cost Savings; D016527:Drug Costs; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000191:economics; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008910:Minnesota; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010595:Pharmacists; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*