Introduction to the Pharmacy Department /

Staff: 1 Division chief, 12 pharmacists and 2 assistants

Range of Responsibilities /

Pharmacy operations at the downtown outpatient clinic, pharmacy operations at the hospital headquarters, inpatient pharmacy operations (including emergencies) and drug inventory management.
Announcement from Pharmacy department

Updated information on drug changes /

◎Information of the drugs added in March, 2007.

Introduction to Operations /

1.Outpatient pharmacy operation:
◎To receive and fill prescriptions.
◎To double check drugs before distribution and provide medication guidance.
◎To review and handle problematic prescriptions
◎Medicine consultation service

2.Inpatient Pharmacy Operations:
◎Receiving and filling inpatient prescriptions with an automatic unit dose packing machine.
◎Receiving and filling discharged patient prescriptions.
◎Hospital medicine consultation service
◎Regulation of antibiotic and high end drug use
◎Evaluation and handling of problematic prescriptions
◎Provision of medicine information
◎Editing of hospital prescriptions

3.Teaching and Training:
◎On the job education and practice teaching
◎Academic workshops

4.Handling of Clinic Medication:
◎Evaluation of prescribed medicine: Examination of patient prescriptions and medicine consumption records and requests to physicians to check problematic prescriptions and reconfirm their correctness.
◎Examination, reporting, tracking and introduction of adverse drug reaction cases.

5.Medication Information:
◎Hospital Prescription Database
◎DOH Medication Information Website
◎DOH medication interaction database
◎Medicine dispensation regulated by the Health Insurance Bureau
◎DOH medication interaction database
◎Veteran Hospital medical resource digital cooperation network

6.Medication Identification：
◎Hospital Medication Identification
◎DOH Medication Identification Website

7.Medication Consultation:
Consultation of patients or medical attendants for medication guidance
◎Hospital headquarters pharmacy, Tel. 03-9222141 ext. 521or 531
◎Downtown outpatient pharmacy, Tel.: 03-9373939 ext. 101
◎Medication consultation e-mail address: rx9777@mail.ysvh.gov.tw

8.Medication Instructions for the Public:：Single page health education flyers