国际经济与管理科学杂志

Management Instrument in Pharmaceutical Care and Clinical Pharmacy

Abstract

Mauro Luisetto, Luca Cabianca and Ram Sahu

In actual scenario of international economic cycle, rational use of drugs and medical devices has become a real priority in order to correctly use the limited economic resources available today. Healthcare government and public or private institutions, insurance company and other subject are involved in high costs management much more than past (in example cost for drugs, medical devices and, new diagnostic procedure). Healthcare managers ask the clinical pharmacist professionals to rationalize costs involved in new innovative therapy, due to medical therapy errors and also in order to have efficient logistic systems (hospital pharmacy). For this reason Clinical pharmacist every day work in healthcare setting are strongly applied to monitor high costs related to diagnostics procedures and drug therapies. But Clinical pharmacists professional need to have management instruments to be added to their classic university core curriculum (Knowledge and practice applications). A rational use of clinical pharmacist’s human resource is a golden endpoint in every setting with the change from logistic to more clinical function (clinical pharmaceutical care new healthcare discipline. According to ASHP Guidelines report: “clinical pharmacy service, in which pharmacist provide direct patient care are important foundation for successful medication utilization management program focused on managing drug cost” in this article we analyze biomedical literature involved giving some elements for improving management skills to be active part of medical team in management and monitoring costs. (Clinical pharmacist help physicians in this kind of work) clinical pharmacy competence added to management instruments can be considered the right keyword and a synergy.