תוצאת חיפוש

טל בוניאל (1), פנחס דנון (2)

שירותי הרוקחות (1) והחטיבה לפסיכיאטריה (2), מרכז רפואי שיבא, תל השומר

העלייה בשיעור הטיפול בצמחי מרפא ושיווקם הנרחב בבתי מרקחת ובבתי טבע, לעתים ללא כל פיקוח או ייעוץ מקצועי, מחייבת את אנשי המקצוע לנקוט בגישה חדשה. לצמחי מרפא רבים יש השפעה על מצב הרוח, החשיבה וההתנהגות, ולכן רבים מהלוקים בתסמינים נפשיים שונים פונים לרפואה הטבעית ולקבלת טיפול.

במאמר זה נביא מספר דוגמאות לצמחי מרפא ששיווקם נפוץ, הניתנים כטיפול בתסמינים פסיכיאטריים, ונדון ביעילותם ובבטיחות נטילתם.

Israel Hospital Pharmaceutical Services: A National Survey 

S. Livny, A. Hammerman, S. Shani, J. Shemer

Hiliel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera; Israel Center for Technology Assessment in Health Care; Gertner Institute, Tel HaShomer; Dept. of Internal Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer; and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Results of a 1996 survey of hospital pharmaceutical services in Israel are presented. A questionnaire was mailed to 46 pharmacy directors in Israel hospitals of which a total of 33 were returned (72%).

The main services provided at hospital pharmacies are production of pharmaceuticals and inventory management. The pharmacy directors estimated that more then half of their pharmacists' time was spent on technical work that did not need their academic, professional knowledge. In Israel general hospitals there are on the average 1.23 full time pharmacist positions per 100 hospital beds and 1.09 positions for other pharmacy employees.

A similar survey carried out in the United States showed an average of 7.4 pharmacists per 100 hospital beds. Pharmacists there have broad clinical roles which, in general Israeli pharmacists do not have.

Computer systems are used in our pharmacies mainly for inventory management. About half of the directors did not think that the location, structure and furnishings of their pharmacy were appropriate for its role.

Under current conditions, Israel hospital pharmacies are not organized to provide pharmaceutical services beyond inventory management and pharmaceutical production. Appropriate budgets and personnel are required to develop clinical pharmacy services at Israel hospitals. This would lead to improved quality of drug treatment and cost-containment and would allow pharmacists to exploit their knowledge, skills and training that under the current system, are only partially utilized.

Impact of Clinical Pharmacist on Drug Therapy in Medical Departments

Ariel Hamerman, Rimona Rotem, Naftali Meidan, Avi Porath

Pharmacy Services, Hospital Management and Medical Dept. F, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheba

Several studies have documented the impact of clinical pharmacy services on patient care and drug costs in hospital wards. However most hospitals in Israel do not provide such services and until recently their benefits in local health care have not been demonstrated. We therefor determined whether the activity of a pharmacist in the medical department of a medical center leads to improved quality of drug utilization and reduced costs.

During the first 3 months of the clinical pharmacist's work all interventions and consultation were documented. The effect of these interventions on drug costs was calculated by the change in drug acquisition costs during the study period compared with those of preceding months, as well as in the other 5 medical departments of the hospital without clinical pharmacy services.

During the study period the pharmacist joined 44 clinical rounds in which he documented 40 consultations in response to physicians' requests for drug information and 42 interventions on his own initiative. The pharmacist's recommendations were accepted in 38 of the 42 cases (90%). In 10 cases the pharmacist's initiative in improving the quality of drug therapy led to an increase in drug acquisition costs. However, the overall drug costs during the study period decreased 12.6%. During the same period drug costs in the other medical departments decreased only 2.2%.

The results of this study conform with those of many other studies that show a beneficial impact of the clinical pharmacist on the quality of drug therapy and on drug costs. They indicate that the clinical pharmacist can play a crucial role in the medical department.