Report To Congress The Pharmacist Workforce A Study Of The Supply And Demand For Pharmacists

For FY 1999 through 2005, the Health Resources & Serv. Admin. (HRSA), spent about $2.7 billion to fund the more than 40 health professions educ. programs authorized under title 7 & title 8 of the Public Health Service Act. These programs include those providing grants to institutions, direct assistance to students, & funding for health workforce analyses. Title 7 includes programs related to the educ. of providers, such as primary care physicians. Title 8 includes programs related to nursing educ. This report reviewed changes in funding & in the number of these programs since 1998, HRSA's goals & assessment of the programs, & HRSA's national health professions workforce projections. Includes recommendations. Charts & tables.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to public health from a pharmacy perspective. Organized into three main sections, Part I presents concepts and issues that pharmacists need in order to develop a knowledge base in public health. Part II examines the connection between pharmacy and public health services, including an overview of the different health services, evaluation and outcome assessment, financing, managed care pharmacy, and pharmacoeconomics. Part III presents chapters that illustrate key applications of public health concepts to pharmacy practice, including law and ethics, cultural perspectives, informatics, emergency preparedness, and education and training. Each chapter is co-authored by a public health expert as well as a pharmacist. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.

This volume contains a collection of articles that examines workplace flexibility, work-family conflict, and workers' increasing lack of leisure time and how it pertains to long-term U.S. national stability. The contributors argue that current workplaces are not meeting the needs of today's workers, and the lack of workplace flexibility is having huge human capital costs that are affecting every sector of society. They explore how flexibility, despite having fixed costs, can be an effective tool for attracting and retaining employees and increasing productivity -- the key being to make the workplace flexible in ways that are profitable for employers and also engage workers to feel more satisfied and committed to their jobs.

The health care and pharmacy environments have changed substantially since the first edition of this book. Developments include the new Medicare prescription benefit, a growing emphasis on medication safety, and the dynamic technology driving safety in organized health care settings. Exploring these recent modifications, Pharmacy: What It Is and

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