Building Core Competencies in Pharmacy Informatics - Softcover

Brent I. Fox; Margaret R. Thrower; Bill G. Felky

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1582121443 ISBN 13: 9781582121444

Publisher: American Pharmacists Association, 2010

Synopsis

Building Core Competencies in Pharmacy Informatics is designed to provide student pharmacists with the knowledge and competencies required to use informatics in the practice of pharmacy. The organization helps conceptualize and identify technologies as employed in the medication use processes. The book addresses the following informatics competencies required of PharmD graduates:

Store, retrieve, and analyze health information.
Optimize the medication prescribing and ordering process.
Aid in clinical decision making.
Automate the medication delivery processes.
Facilitate pharmacy management.

About this title

About the Author

Brent I. Fox, PharmD, PhD, is Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Care Systems, Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn, Alabama.

Margaret R. Thrower, BS, PharmD, BCPS, is Clinical Advisor Pharmacy Optimization, McKesson Corporation, McKesson Health Systems, San Francisco, California.

Bill G. Felkey, MS, is Emeritus Professor, Department of Pharmacy Care Systems, Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn, Alabama.

Review

The strength of the book is that it is holistic in its approach. It covers the various types of systems used in electronic medicines management and also the basic technologies that support them. Significantly, it aims to explore the use of pharmacy IT in the context of professional practice, not as a technical discipline. --Stephen Goundrey-Smith, The Pharmaceutical Journal, 2011

Edition details

• Publisher: American Pharmacists Association
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1582121443
• ISBN 13: 9781582121444
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 507
• Editor: Brent I. Fox, Margaret R. Thrower, Bill G. Felkey