[Assessing the educational needs of patients with heart failure].

Heart failure is a chronic pathology resulting in repeated hospitalisations and has a significant impact on the patient's quality of life. Therapeutic patient education (TPE) forms part of patients' global care to improve their health status. A study was carried out at Bégin military teaching hospital of hospitalised patients with heart failure to identify their educational needs and create a TPE programme which best meets their expectations.

[A prevalence study to monitor the consumption of antibiotics].

Following the second Antibiotics Plan, in association with the hospital hygiene operational team, the hospital pharmacy department of the Desgenettes military teaching hospital led a study into the prevalence of the prescribing of antibiotics in December 2011. The study highlighted the trends in prescriptions and assessed the effectiveness of corrective or preventive actions implemented following the first prevalence study of 2006, in particular the multidisciplinary antibiotherapy coordination meetings.

[Improving collaboration between the pharmacy and the nurses].

In hospitals, improving collaboration between the diferent players in the health care chain is an ongoing issue. Numerous tools are available to facilitate interprofessional communication. Satisfaction surveys can be of particular interest.