Am.Soc./Health-Sys.Pharmacists

Collaborative drug therapy management handbook.

For pharmacists and administrators, this handbook outlines collaborative drug therapy management (CDTM), including the establishment of a program. Tracy and Clegg (clinical pharmacist and clinical projects coordinator, and ambulatory pharmacy services, Harborview Medical Center, U. of Washington) base the volume on their experiences and practice in CDTM at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and also discuss example guidelines created by their team at the U. of Washington. Quality assurance mechanisms are covered as well, including pharmacist privileging and measuring outcomes. Guidelines are subdivided into indications, management, goals of therapy, clinical pharmacy goals, outcome measures, patient information and provider resources, and a case study. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Managing anticoagulation patients in the hospital; the inpatient anticoagulation service. (CD-ROM included)

Gulseth (clinical pharmacy specialist, U. of Minnesota) provides a guide for pharmacists developing, implementing, and maintaining an inpatient anticoagulation service. He outlines a step-by-step process for setting up a service, and provides a practical clinical review of the anticoagulant medications managed by pharmacists in the hospital and relevant cases. Policies and procedures, clinical dosing tools, and business plans used in hospitals across the US are included. The CD-ROM contains practice tools, references, policies, and PowerPoint presentations. Contributors to the second part of the book include a clinical coordinator and pharmacist specialists from the US. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)