ABSTRACT
The present article discusses the importance of clinical management in the transformation of organizations and its role in the daily activities of health professionals and, in particular, of hospital pharmacists. Because of social changes, healthcare models must make the shift from more rigid management models toward new organizational models based on clinical management. From this perspective, pharmacoeconomics is viewed as a useful tool to introduce the criteria of efficiency in all decisions subject to clinical management, including those on pharmacotherapeutics. Subsequently, the application of this discipline is discussed in real decision-making scenarios and settings for its use within the context of the work of hospital pharmacy are proposed.
Subject(s)
Disease Management , Economics, Pharmaceutical , Pharmacy Service, Hospital/organization & administration , Academies and Institutes/organization & administration , Cost-Benefit Analysis , Costs and Cost Analysis , Decision Making, Organizational , Drug Therapy/economics , Drug Therapy/trends , Economics, Pharmaceutical/ethics , Economics, Pharmaceutical/trends , Efficiency, Organizational , Humans , National Health Programs/economics , National Health Programs/organization & administration , Organizational Innovation , Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care , Professional Practice , Social Change , Spain , Surveys and Questionnaires , Uncertainty , United KingdomABSTRACT
Se expone la importancia de la gestión clínica en la transformación de las organizaciones y su implicación en el quehacer diario del profesional sanitario y, específicamente, del farmacéutico de hospital. Los cambios sociales obligan a la adaptación de los modelos de asistencia sanitaria hacia nuevas formas de gestión, desde modelos gerenciales más rígidos hacia modelos organizativos basados en la gestión clínica. Desde esta perspectiva, se aborda la farmacoeconomía como una herramienta útil para introducir el criterio de eficiencia en todas las decisiones sujetas a la gestión clínica, incluidas las farmacoterapéuticas. Posteriormente, se muestra la aplicación de esta disciplina en situaciones reales de decisión y se proponen ámbitos para su utilización dentro del marco de trabajo de la farmacia hospitalaria (AU)
The present article discusses the importance of clinical management in the transformation of organizations and its role in the daily activities of health professionals and, in particular, of hospital pharmacists. Because of social changes, healthcare models must make the shift from more rigid management models toward new organizational models based on clinical management. From this perspective, pharmacoeconomics is viewed as a useful tool to introduce the criteria of effi ciency in all decisions subject to clinical management, including those on pharmacotherapeutics. Subsequently, the application of this discipline is discussed in real decision-making scenarios and settings for its use within the context of the work of hospital pharmacy are proposed (AU)
