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EAHP EU Monitor 20 September 2013 – SUMMIT SPECIAL!

 
The EAHP EU Monitor is a regular round up of news relevant to hospital pharmacy in Europe.

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EAHP launches major new initiative to increase hospital pharmacy service standards in Europe

 

The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) has announced a major new initiative, the European Summit on Hospital Pharmacy, which aims to provide the foundation for long term development of hospital pharmacy services in Europe, and the continual improvement of patient care and outcomes in the hospital setting.

The Summit will take place in Brussels in May 2014, and will focus on the following goals:

  • to put forward recommendations on the role and competencies of hospital pharmacists for ever-changing European healthcare systems, building on the work of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) 2008 Global Statements (“the Basel Statements”);
  • to engage patients and other health professionals as equal partners in deciding the future direction of the hospital pharmacy profession in Europe; and,
  • to develop a strong implementation focus by highlighting examples of Good Practice Initiatives in hospital pharmacy development already achieved across Europe; proposing a system of hospital pharmacy service metrics; and, issuing implementation guidance to help every country achieve step changes in the level and standard at which hospital pharmacy operates

More information here.
 

EAHP President Dr Roberto Frontini explains the purpose of the Summit

In a special launch event at the International Pharmaceutical Federation Congress (FIP) in Dublin, EAHP President Dr Roberto Frontini explained the thinking behind the European Summit on Hospital Pharmacy, and why such an initiative is required to take practice and service standards forward.

View the video  of Dr Frontini’s presentation here and here.
 

 

Understanding the Summit voting process

The European Summit on Hospital Pharmacy will make use of established forms of Delphi consultation in advance, and final consensus voting, including hospital pharmacists, patients and other healthcare providers in the process.

EAHP Policy and Advocacy Officer Richard Price explains the voting process in a filmed presentation here.
 

 

EJHP: October edition of EJHP now online! 

The October edition of the European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy is now published, which has a special focus on the theme of generics use.

Articles in the edition focus on matters such as: the challenge of adopting generic medicines in specialised clinical areas; equivalence and interchangeability of narrow therapeutic index drugs in organ transplantation; a health economic perspective on generic therapeutic substitution; and, The use of generic immunosuppression for transplant patients.

October edition here.

 

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EAHP Forum

All the EAHP team is working on providing a Forum that can help connect all the members in Conversations and Groups to talk about important matters for the European Hospital Pharmacist.

The Forum will be accessible for all the EAHP members, you don’t have to create a new account to browse and participate.

Conversations and groups

The Conversations will be moderated by our team to provide documents and relevant topics for the community.

The Groups will connect all members that share a category. Members who work on the same assocation, on the same hospital, that have the same role, etc.

Stay tuned for the realase of the forum. Soon on EAHP.