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Main services of hospital pharmacists according to hospital functions

Advanced acute phase/acute phase

• Confirmation of the patients’ drug compliance before hospitalization
  
• Pharmaceutical management and guidance in intensive care units and at wards, etc.
  
• Perioperative drug management
  
• Sharing of patient information among relevant parties when patients transfer to another ward or hospital
  

Chronic phase

• Collaboration with multiple professions so that patients can return home
  
• Proposal of drug therapy according to swallowing/motor function, etc., and medicine-taking support
  
• Provision of information on drug administration to physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and caregivers
  
• Provision of patient information such as drug compliance when transitioning to outpatient/home care
  

Recovery phase

• Collaboration with multiple professions so that patients can recovery early
  
• Proposal of drug therapy according to swallowing/motor function, etc., and medicine-taking support
  
• Assessment and adjustment of drugs based on the environment at the hospital or nursing home where the patient is transferred
  
• Cooperation with outpatient/home care staff involved after discharge
  

Outpatient/home care

• Centralized and continuous understanding of medication information, including visits to multiple medical departments, and pharmacological management and guidance based on such understanding
  
• Cooperation and support for cooperation with physicians and pharmacy pharmacists, etc., involved in outpatient/home care
  
• Provision of patient information such as drug compliance to other medical institutions as necessary
  

Participation in multidisciplinary approach to patient-centered care

We promote team medical care in order to provide medical services that adequately address the conditions of patients through active cooperation and collaboration with the expertise of each medical profession. Pharmacists are participating in many teams from the viewpoints of improving the quality of medical care and ensuring medical safety on the backdrop of sophistication of drug therapy and are active in the following areas:
・nutrition support team
・outpatient cancer chemotherapy team
・palliative care team
・infection control team
・antimicrobial stewardship team
・pressure ulcer management team
・diabetes care team
・psychiatry team
・perioperative management team, etc.

Medical Safety

Medical products used in medical institutions are available for various purposes, from those directly administered to patients to those used in surgery or tests, blood products, regenerative medicine products, and vaccines. To ensure the proper use of these drugs, pharmacists take various medical safety measures in cooperation with each healthcare professional.
In addition, while many effective drugs have been launched in recent years, complicated usage and risk management of new serious side effects and reactions are required, and the environment surrounding drug therapy has changed dramatically.
Pharmacists are strongly required to provide safe and reliable drug therapy to patients. Specifically, we contribute to the establishment of a safe medical care delivery system by preparing written procedures for the safe use of drugs in hospitals and holding workshops for other healthcare professionals.
Not only do we introduce dispensing equipment, etc., that contributes to ensuring the safety of patients mainly in hospitals, but we also control the drug-associated master device of medical information systems, mainly electronic medical records, to support the safe use of drugs by other medical professionals.