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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:
More information here [2].
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 [3] and here [4].
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 [5].
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 [6].
Links
[1] http://www.eahp.eu/newsletter/subscribe
[2] http://www.eahp.eu/press-room/eahp-launches-major-new-initiative-increase-hospital-pharmacy-service-standards-europe
[3] http://www.eahp.eu/press-room/summit-launch-dr-roberto-frontini-part1
[4] http://www.eahp.eu/press-room/summit-launch-dr-roberto-frontini-part2
[5] http://www.eahp.eu/press-room/summit-launch-presentation-richard-price
[6] http://ejhp.bmj.com/content/20/5.toc