Stepwise approach to implementing ambulatory clinical pharmacy services

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 945-951

  Epplen, Kelly ^a   Dusing Wiest, Michelle ^b   Freedlund, Joanna ^c   Harger, Nicole ^c   Kathman, Susan ^d   Ivey, Marianne F ^b  

^a Education for the Geriatric Mental Health Alliance of New York   (United States)

^b St Luke Hospitals ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d St Luke Hospitals Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Anticoagulants; Clinical pharmacists; Clinical pharmacy; International Normalized Ratio; Interventions; Methodology; Models; Pharmaceutical services; Thromboembolism; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 34247621246     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp060009     Document Type: Article

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