Maintaining clinical pharmacy services during cost containment.
As new hospital reimbursement schemes are rapidly introduced into the hospital industry, the impact of cost containment measures will be felt by all departments of pharmacy. This paper describes how the pharmacy department at one community teaching hospital justified the continuation of clinical pharmacy programs when faced with an immediate 18% reduction in pharmacist staff. Various written communications and recommendations are provided to assist other hospital pharmacy departments that are facing or may face this dilemma.
D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D008824:Michigan; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000191:economics*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000191:economics*; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital; D000078329:Workforce