Managing Pharmacy Practice: Principles, Strategies, and Systems / Edition 1

by Andrew M. Peterson, William N. Kelly

Overview

Takes a modern, systems approach to management Covers new technologies and their impact on management Provides details on managing the various practice settings Includes coverage of managed care systems, reimbursement issues, formularies, and pharmacy benefit systems The world of pharmacy management is changing rapidly. Reflecting this, Managing Pharmacy Practice: Principles, Strategies, and Systems takes a new approach to pharmacy management. The editor explores basic management principles and their role in pharmacy practice. Expert contributors discuss concepts such as social influence, professionalism, leadership, conflict management, and personnel management and how they apply to modern pharmacy in an age of changing consumer and employee habits, desires, and behaviors. Highlighting the growing impact of technology throughout pharmacy and healthcare, the book prepares students for the challenges they will face in this rapidly changing profession.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849314469
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/28/2003
Series:	Pharmacy Education Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	536
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.28(d)

Table of Contents

The world of pharmacy management is changing rapidly. Reflecting this, Managing Pharmacy Practice: Principles, Strategies, and Systems takes a new approach to pharmacy management. The editor explores basic management principles and their role in pharmacy practice. Expert contributors discuss concepts such as social influence, professionalism, leadership, conflict management, and personnel management and how they apply to modern pharmacy in an age of changing consumer and employee habits, desires, and behaviors. Highlighting the growing impact of technology throughout pharmacy and healthcare, the book prepares students for the challenges they will face in this rapidly changing profession.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Albert I Wertheimer, BS, MBA, PhD (Temple University School of Pharmacy)
Description: The book provides assorted topics of management principles within pharmacy systems. It is intended to give pharmacy students a broad overview of the complexities and intricacies inherent in managing systems in pharmacy.
Purpose: The editor suggests that comprehension of the book will aid pharmacy students in their transformation to competent and confident practitioners. Some of the 26 chapters are very informative, relevant and valuable. Others are not, but it is difficult to envision how these 20+ page chapters accomplish much more than making the reader aware of the situation and providing an opportunity to learn the jargon and terminology.
Audience: The editor is correct in that the book would be an ideal vehicle to call to the attention of pharmacy students some of the major management issues, trends, turf battles and unresolved dilemmas facing pharmacists today and additional ones projected for the future. It is unfortunate that none of the chapters is long enough or sufficient detailed to provide a solid historical review of matters, stating who is in favor of what and why. The editor is considered competent in some of the chapter areas, but has enlisted chapter authors with sufficient knowledge of their assigned topics.
Features: The book covers a lot of ground in an uneven manner. Some topics are critical and others are less so. The exposition on an introduction to management is valuable as are the chapters on system theories, organizational structures, managing professionals, and leadership. However it is likely to be some years before the student will be doing any recruitment, retention or compensation work. Accounting principles are given only 24 pages and two references; and purchasing pharmaceuticals is covered in just 10 pages. An excellent feature is the outline of the coming chapter along with page numbers at the beginning of each chapter.
Assessment: The book is nicely written and organized, which is often a surprise in a book like this one. However, the book would benefit if some peripheral topics were eliminated and the central topics were covered in much greater depth. Ten pages on inventory management are of little practical value. Yet, there is little about the place of neutraceuticals, herbal products or why the FDA cannot regulate tobacco. A book is needed to prepare future pharmacists for battles with physician's assistants, nurse practitioners, and with information about the new technologies in nearly all areas of pharmacy practice. Nevertheless, the book has a great deal of important information, and interesting perspectives on pending matters.

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