Make pharmacy as effective as possible in your community!In the current era of cost-containment, health care providers, insurance companies, and consumers demand scientifically tested, proven systems for monitoring the standards of services provided by community pharmacists. Validation Instruments for Community Pharmacy: Pharmaceutical Care for the Third Millennium puts such a system in your hands. This system was adopted by the Swiss Pharmaceutical Society and can benefit communities around the world who are considering the implementation of a validation system to gauge and document the performance of their community pharmacists.Validation Instruments for Community Pharmacy offers practical and realistic methods to determine the value of pharmacy services in a community setting, such as: grading the setting of the pharmacy evaluating the equipment and professional services available checking the timeliness of prescription delivery discussing the cautions and instructions given to patients with their prescriptions examining the way the pharmacy responds to patients’symptomsand also features: background information on pharmacy practice an introduction to the scope of pharmacy practice ways to develop and evaluate a quantitative system that demonstrates the impact of the community pharmacist's interventions in patient care This vital book will benefit pharmacists, health care professionals, health care providers, and educators and students in the field of pharmacy through its thorough examination of the development, evaluation, and application of quantitative measurement tools that monitor the standards of services provided by community pharmacists. Validation Instruments for Community Pharmacy: Pharmaceutical Care for the Third Millennium gives you what you need to insure the effectiveness of pharmaceutical services in your area. With case studies and samples of surveys that weigh the effectiveness of community pharmacies, this essential guide will help you implement cost-effective operations and ensure that customers are getting the best possible services.

Table of Contents:
Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Validation Study Team Members Introduction: The Concepts of Pharmacy Practice Leading to the Development of Validation Instruments The Framework Validation in a Community Pharmacy Practice Curriculum Validation Concept Introduced Internationally Validation Process Anchors Community Pharmacy Practice Centrally in Today's Health Care System Validation of Concordance Beliefs and Credibility Technology and Validation Conclusion Chapter 1: The Philosophy of Validation Background to Pharmacy Practice The Strengths of Community Pharmacy The Weakness of Community Pharmacy Counteracting the Weaknesses of Community Pharmacy Validation Instruments for Community Pharmacy The Concept of the Validation Process and Its Relevance to Pharmaceutical Care The Aim of Validation of Community Pharmacy Plan of This Book Summary Chapter 2: The Assembly of Validation Tools From Philosophy to Science Study Hypothesis: A Practical Example Background Studies Applications of Measurement Instruments in Health-Related Studies Developmental Stages of the Validation Tools The Components of the Research Design Data Processing and Analyses Summary Chapter 3: Defining Services Provided by Community Pharmacies Services Provided Services Identified Discussion Summary Chapter 4: Quantifying Professional Pharmacy Services Extent of Services Provided The Quantitative Community Pharmacy Model Discussion Summary Chapter 5: Development of Internal Validation Tools Framework of Internal Validation Tools The Validation Tool: The Setting of the Community Pharmacy The Validation Tool: Dispensing a Prescription The Validation Tool: Responding to Symptoms The Validation Tool: Communicating with Patient The Validation Tool: Equipment and Professional Services Available in a Community Pharmacy Discussion Summary Chapter 6: Psychometric Evaluation of the Internal Validation Tools Introduction Methodology Analysis of Results Discussion Summary Chapter 7: Development of External Validation Tools The External Validation Study Discussion Summary Chapter 8: Psychometric Evaluation of the External Validation Tools Introduction Methodology Reporting of Results Discussion Summary Chapter 9: Implementation of the Validation Tools in a Community Setting A Case Study Description Results of the Case Study Discussion Summary Chapter 10: Validation in the Third Millennium implications for Pharmaceutical Care Limitations of the Study Presented Recommendations for Action Appendix A: Practical Guidelines to Conduct a Validation Study The Validation Tools Introduction Validation of Community Pharmacy: Concepts and Methods Development of the Internal Validation Tools Development of the External Validation Tools Conducting an Internal Validation Study Conducting an External Validation Study Classification of Validation Grades Individual Recommendations for Each Validation Tool Definition Sheets of the Internal Validation Tools The External Validation Tools Marketing the Validation Tools Appendix B: The Validation Tools The Setting of the Community Pharmacy Dispensing a Prescription Responding to Symptoms Communicating with the Patient Equipment and Professional Services Available in a Community Pharmacy Consumer Services Tool Health Professionals Tool Validation Tools Report Sheet Internal Validation Study Result Sheet External Validation Study Result Sheet The External and Internal Validation Study Results Correlation Glossary References Index