Strategic medicines management / Martin Stephens.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Pharmaceutical Press, 2005.Description: xxvii, 219 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780853695981 (hbk.) :
- 9780853695981 (Cloth)
- 362.17820941 STE
- 362.17820941
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Medicines and their risks--The emergence of medicines management--What is strategic medicines management?--Does strategic medicines management matter?--References-- 1. National Influences:- Past policy changes--National institute for clinical excellence--Medicines advice in scotland--Clinical resource efficiency support team--National service frameworks--conclusion-- 2. Organisational Approaches at Local Level:-The emergence of drug and therapeutic committees--The role of networks--The role of the patient and the public--A model for drug and therapeutic committees in the modern NHS--Conclusion-- 3. Formularies:- Formularies emerge--What kind of formulary--Do formularies work?--Developing the evidence base--The e-formulary-The place of the formulary---References-- 4. Managed Entry of Medicines:-Why manage entry?--A medicine\'s life cycle--Scanning planning and managing--Do we want this new medicine?--Evidence-based decisions--Conclusion-- 5. Health Economics:-Economic concepts--Economic analyses--Clinical appraisal of economic analyses--Applying health economics--The place of heaalth economics-- 6. Guidelines:- What are guidelines?--The place of guidelines in strategic medicines management--How did guidelines emerge?--How are guidelines developed and used?--Do guidelines work?--Legal aspects of guidelines--The local approach to guidelines-- 7. Systematic Approaches to SMM:- A systematic approach--Examples from the literature--Shared care arrangements--Influencing prescribers--Restricting access and saying\'no\'--Conclusion-- 8. Managing Medicines Budgets: - Horizon scanning and planning--Managing budgets in primary care--Managing budgets in secondary care--Payment by results--Conclusion--9. Performance Management:- The elements of performance management--Applying performance management--What targets are there?--Making it work locally-- 10. Research Agenda:- Medicines management and pharmacy practice research--The NHS context--Ethics--What are the research questions?-- The research and development process--Funding--Conclusion.