A clinical pharmacy program for cardiac patients.
Through efficient staff scheduling our 481-bed community teaching hospital has been able to expand its pharmacy services. This paper describes how a clinical pharmacy service program for cardiology and cardiac surgery patients was developed and defines the service components. After over two years of experience with the cardiology program, we have found this pharmacy service area to be very successful and well received. Various forms and proposals are provided to assist other pharmacists interested in expanding into this area of practice.
D002309:Cardiology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D008824:Michigan; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires