{"title":"Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative: Case Studies in Health-System Pharmacy","authors":"Quyen Bach, A. Lovett, T. Pounds, Pamela M. Moye","doi":"10.13189/APP.2014.020302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13189/APP.2014.020302","url":null,"abstract":"In 2008, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists introduced the Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative (PPMI). The goal of this model is to promote pharmacy leaders, better manage resources, and increase focus on patient-centered and team-based care. Few studies have assessed the model's implementation. PubMed and CINAHL were searched using keywords \"pharmacy practice model,\" \"organizational,\" and the MeSH term, \"organizational,\" from 2008 to 2013. Of the forty-nine findings (articles and summit highlights), two case studies met the inclusion criteria. The first case study involved the University of Minnesota Medical Center, a multi-campus academic medical center. This facility used technology such as pagers for decentralized technicians, computerized provider order entry, and wireless computers on wheels. The implementation teams worked on clinical and distributive functions allowing for consistency in care and improved employee satisfaction. The second case study involved Providence Health & Services, a multihospital system in Washington State and Montana. These facilities used technology such as automated dispensing cabinets, order-image scanners, and automated telephone trees to route calls. The outcome was a positive economic impact with a return on investment of $709,321. An important finding was the lack of research assessing the implementation of the PPMI. Based on positive findings, it is evident that further research is warranted.","PeriodicalId":7378,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Pharmacology and Pharmacy","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2014-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73921475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ecological, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptation in Helminth: Trends in Evolution of Anthelminthic Chemical Agents","authors":"M. Dzhafarov, F. I. Vasilevich","doi":"10.13189/APP.2014.020203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13189/APP.2014.020203","url":null,"abstract":"This review discusses the landmark anthelminthic substances – traditional medicine components, different categories of pluripotential synthetic and naturally occurring compounds. Much attention is paid to the sections devoted to recent discoveries (Emodepside, Monepantel, Derquantel, Tribendimidine) and to some promising works. The review is also focused on some aspects of molecular mechanisms of action of anthelminthic substances and of helminth adaptation to anthelminthic substances, and on alternative worming treatment options. Based on the systemic analysis of particular features of the chemical structure of anthelminthic substances, the hypothesis on the viability of the targeted search for such compounds among the derivatives of conditionally progenitor cyclic hydrocarbons – benzene, indene, naphthalene, 1Н-cyclopenth [a]-naphthalene , anthracene and phenanthrene – by alternating absolutely unsaturated and saturated structures, including heterocyclic analogues containing nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur and different substitutes and functional groups, was voiced.","PeriodicalId":7378,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Pharmacology and Pharmacy","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2014-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84831806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}