(n.) A book containing stated and prescribed forms, as of oaths, declarations, prayers, medical formulaae, etc.; a book of precedents.
(n.) Prescribed form or model; formula.
Example Sentences:
(1) Further development of drug formulary concept was discussed, primarily for the drugs paid by the Health Insurance, as well as the unsatisfactory ADR reporting in Yugoslavia.
(2) The purpose of formulary management is to contain costs while preserving quality care.
(3) This article examines the cost effects of a closed pharmaceutical formulary on Medicaid expenditures for peptic ulcer disease.
(4) Established methods of drug product management, such as formularies and MACs, were most commonly reported by HMOs; however, nearly half reported using new approaches, including contracts with manufacturers, incentives, such as discounts and rebates based on use, and exclusive or preferred status.
(5) Individual HMO respondents reported using the following methods of drug product management: formularies, 66% (of these, 60% reported using a restrictive formulary or a restrictive formulary with exceptions); MACs, 54%; prior authorization, 44%; contracts for co-marketed and single-source drug entities, 46% for each.
(6) Along with size, case mix, and salary information, data were collected on whether the hospitals used a well-controlled formulary, whether they used therapeutic interchange, and how much money they spent on drugs.
(7) Because epoetin alfa does not produce therapeutic effects for at least 7 to 14 days, it is an ideal agent for formulary restriction.
(8) This paper describes the management of a hospital formulary that is operated by voluntary co-operation of prescribes.
(9) A formulary covering 10 drug groups and over 50% of prescribing was devised in a general practice and doctors' attitudes to the idea to a formulary were assessed before and after the study.
(10) A related approach is a system of " formulary apportionment " where companies are taxed on the basis of their economic activity and income within a particular geographic jurisdiction rather than arbitrary allocation of costs to geographical areas.
(11) In 1988 ciprofloxacin was placed on the antimicrobial formulary at a Veterans Affairs medical center.
(12) It then examines selected components of the formulary system and specifies the need for supporting techniques, both internal and external.
(13) Buspirone is a suitable addition to drug formularies as its pre-marketing data suggest several advantages compared with anxiolytics currently available.
(14) To facilitate rapid access to formulary data and reduce printing costs, an online formulary review program, FORMREVU, was developed as an adjunct to the HELP System at Rex Hospital.
(15) Ninety-nine percent of the prescriptions written at the clinic were from a 190-item drug formulary developed by the staff physicians.
(16) Establishing an enteral nutrition formulary for a hospital requires critical evaluation of all nutrition products and examination of the population to be served.
(17) From a theoretical perspective, an association of a reduction in inpatient hospital use and expenditures following the elimination of drug formulary restrictions is particularly noteworthy.
(18) Four perfusion models (normal human jejunum, normal rat small intestine, cholera toxin treated secreting rat small intestine and rotavirus infected rat small intestine) have been developed and used to compare the efficacy of a hypotonic oral rehydration solution with standard United Kingdom British National formulary and developing world oral rehydration solutions (WHO).
(19) Limitations and potential biases of such a database include separate drug formularies at each medical treatment facility, only limited information about nonprescription drug use and single-dose drug orders in clinics, and the mobility of military service members and their families.
(20) Sodium Bicarbonate ear-drops BP are used by the nurses in the department and are recommended in the British National Formulary as the most effective solution to soften cerumen prior to syringing.
Pharmacy
Definition:
(n.) The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs, and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist.
(n.) A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop.
Example Sentences:
(1) Clinical pharmacists were required to clock in at 51 institutions (15.0%), staff pharmacists at 62 (18.2%), and pharmacy technicians at 144 (42.9%).
(2) Significant changes have occurred within the profession of pharmacy in the past few decades which have led to loss of function, social power and status.
(3) Although there was already satisfaction in the development of dementia-friendly pharmacies and Pride in Practice, a new standard of excellence in healthcare for gay, lesbian and bisexual patients, the biggest achievement so far was the bringing together of a strategic partnership of 37 NHS, local government and social organisations.
(4) With the flat-fee system, drug charges are not recorded when the drug is dispensed by the pharmacy; data for charging doses are obtained directly from the MAR forms generated by the nursing staff.
(5) The services the pharmacies provide are essential to these communities.
(6) A survey sent randomly to 30 retail pharmacies got 24 replies.
(7) An Associated Press analysis found no evidence that Texas authorities were investigating threats to pharmacies, though the Oklahoma attorney general said he was examining an alleged bomb threat to a pharmacy in Tulsa .
(8) Compared with 1097 negative episodes, 94 false-positive episodes were associated with increased subsequent length of stay (median, 12.5 vs 8 days) and subsequent total charges (median, $13,116 vs $8731), pharmacy charges (median, $1456 vs $798), and laboratory charges (median, $2057 vs $1426).
(9) Ninety pharmacists are employed in 13 hospital pharmacies; half of the pharmacists are occupied bb drug product manufacturing.
(10) The mean space for specific pharmacy functions was determined.
(11) The patient was engaged in the magistraliter preparations of medicaments in a pharmacy.
(12) The pharmacy business has more than 770 branches in the UK with 7,000 staff, and last year generated revenues of £760m and profits of £33m.
(13) Many pharmacy departments in Michigan hospitals can substantially improve their adherence to ASHP and OSHA recommendations related to PADs.
(14) Taylor’s lawsuit questions whether the Tulsa pharmacy can legally produce and deliver compounded pentobarbital.
(15) Students were recruited from pharmacy schools throughout the Midwest and were provided with housing and financial compensation while in the program.
(16) Residency programs supply institutional pharmacy with mature, highly skilled clinical and managerial practitioners, and ASHP's accreditation process ensures the programs' quality.
(17) The lossmaking chain of supermarkets, funeral homes and pharmacies said in a terse two-line statement that Stuart Ramsay had left the board with immediate effect after "an independent report, and at the request of the board".
(18) Given large number of institutions reporting the presence of formal, prospective, pharmacy-initiated monitoring programs, we suggest that clinical pharmacists will play a major role in implementing the necessary changes.
(19) Drug usage review and inventory analysis data on the cephalosporin antibotics were presented by the pharmacy to a hospital pharmacy and therapeutics committee in an effort to promote rational use of these drugs and decrease drug costs.
(20) A hospital's pharmacy renovated its existing outdated and highly restricted departmental space to help ensure more efficient operation until the master plan for hospitalwide improvements could be completed and implemented.