Development of a pharmaceutical care system in a neonatal intensive care satellite pharmacy.

The development of a pharmaceutical care system for a neonatal intensive care unit satellite pharmacy from existing integrated clinical, distributive, and quality assurance activities is described. Components of practice already in place included pharmacotherapeutic monitoring, evaluations for childhood immunizations, monthly medication summaries, and daily follow-up on scheduled doses returned in the unit dose exchange carts. Pharmacists documented patient drug therapy consultations on a standard form.

Effects of pharmaceutical care on medication cost and quality of patient care in an ambulatory-care clinic.

The effects of pharmaceutical care on medication cost and quality of care in a university-based family-practice clinic were studied. Prognostic indicators were used to target patients who should receive pharmaceutical care. Those patients who received care.

Expanding staff pharmacists' responsibilities to maintain pharmacy services in a neonatal intensive-care unit.

The conversion of pharmacist responsibilities in a neonatal intensive-care unit (NICU) pharmacy satellite from drug distribution to both clinical services and drug distribution is described. When the pharmacy department could not recruit a specialty-trained clinical practitioner to fill an open NICU position, the position was converted to a fourth satellite pharmacist position, and each of the four NICU satellite pharmacists assumed clinical responsibilities for the NICU. Clinical and distributive functions had previously been separate.