Practice of Home Medical Care of Cooperation between Regional General Hospital and Private Pharmacists.

Accession number;99A0450026
Title;Practice of Home Medical Care of Cooperation between Regional General Hospital and Private Pharmacists.
Author; IWAO KAZUNARI (Sapporo Shakaihoken Sogo Byoin) ITO TATSUYA (Sapporo Shakaihoken Sogo Byoin) SHIGA TAKAHIRO (Sapporo Shakaihoken Sogo Byoin) FUKUSHIMA KOJI (Sapporo Shakaihoken Sogo Byoin)
Journal Title;Japanese Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
Journal Code:Y0888A
ISSN:0389-9098
VOL.25;NO.2;PAGE.218-225(1999)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.4, TBL.1, REF.5
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;As a general hospital that plays a supporting role in regional medical care, our hospital has been addressing the problems regarding the "Study Project for Cooperation Between Pharmacies in Medical Institutions Offering Home Medical Care and Private Pharmacies" initiated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 1997. In this cooperative system, efforts have been made by hospital pharmacists and private pharmacists to interlink such systems as the system for instructing patients being discharged regarding their medications and the delivery system. In this regard there has been an increased exchange of information between pharmacists on patients requiring medical care at home. This system of cooperation between hospital and private pharmacists in home medical care is thought to be an effective way to improve the quality of treatment, and thereby enhance the quality of life for such patients. (author abst.)