Monday, August 01, 2005

Country Focus from the EJHP - European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy

My favourite journal is the EJHP - European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy http://www.eahponline.com/asp/ejhp.asp?m=4.

This journal is published by the EAHP -European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (http://www.eahponline.org).

In each issue there is a special article/s under the name “Country Focus” and these are the articles I read first of all. Many times I have to remember what is happening in various European countries in a specific area of Hospital Pharmacy and I have to find the corresponding issue of the journal. So, I decided to gather all the links from the journal, concerning my favourite articles from the “Country Focus” and now I can read my article directly from the website of the journal.

And here they are, the links for the following countries (according the date of their appearance in the "country focus" section of the EJHP:

FRANCE, NORWAY, ITALY, HUNGARY, NETHERLANDS, SWISS, SWEDEN, GERMANY, SPAIN, SLOVENIA, DENMARK, BELGIUM, AUSTRIA, UNITED KINGDOM, SLOVAKIA, PORTUGAL, FINLAND


FRANCE

Country Focus France
Year: 2002; Nr: 1; Category: Others;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p42+43.pdf

Country Focus France
Year: 2002; Nr: 1; Category: Others;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p35-40.pdf


NORWAY

Country Focus Norway
Year: 2002; Nr: 2; Category: Others;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/43to49.pdf


ITALY

SIFO, the Italian national association representing the interests of hospital pharmacy and pharmaceutical services
Year: 2003; Nr: 1; Category: Others; Author: Samy Bouayad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p40-41.pdf

The Italian health system: origins and perspectives
Year: 2003; Nr: 1; Category: Others; Author: Samy Bouayad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p37-38.pdf

Caught between regionalisation and cost containment Where do the cost/effectiveness boundaries lie for the Servizio Sanitario Nazionale?
Year: 2003; Nr: 1; Category: Others; Author: Samy Bouayad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p44a48.pdf

European Association of Hospital Pharmacists Annual Congress 2003, 26 – 28 February, Florence, Italy
Year: 2003; Nr: 1; Category: Others; Author: Arnold G. Vulto;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p50-51(1).pdf

Florence, a city of history and elegance
Year: 2003; Nr: 1; Category: Others; Author: Samy Bouayad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p52a54.pdf


HUNGARY

Hungarian country focus
Year: 2003; Nr: 2; Category: Others; Author: Thomas Friedrich;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p32a35.pdf


NETHERLANDS

The Dutch approach to medication safety
Year: 2003; Nr: 3; Category: Others; Author: Judith Hague;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p52.pdf

The Netherlands Hospital Pharmacy - an introduction
Year: 2003; Nr: 3; Category: Others; Author: Judith Hague;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p43-45.pdf

Bridging the gap between back-office skills and patient-oriented pharmacy: practice and tradition of Dutch hospital pharmacy
Year: 2003; Nr: 3; Category: Others; Author: Mathieu M. Tjoeng, Robert J. Moss;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p46.pdf

The medicines policy in the Netherlands
Year: 2003; Nr: 3; Category: Others;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p50-51.pdf

Pharmaceutical care in Dutch hospitals
Year: 2003; Nr: 3; Category: Others; Author: L.A. van den Bemt;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p56.pdf

The hospital pharmacist and immunotherapeutic clinical trials
Year: 2003; Nr: 3; Category: Others; Author: A.R. Wafelman;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p57.pdf

Hospital pharmacists recognised by the authorities as specialists
Year: 2003; Nr: 3; Category: Others; Author: Eric W. Ackerman;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p58-59.pdf


SWISS

Emphasis on Personal Responsibility / The Swiss Health System
Year: 2003; Nr: 4; Category: Others; Author: Christiane von Ludwig;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/P51.pdf

The GSASA / Professional Association of Swiss Public Health Administration and Hospital Pharmacists
Year: 2003; Nr: 4; Category: Others; Author: Dr.Enea Martinelli;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/P52-53.pdf

The Swiss chemical and pharmaceutical industry
Year: 2003; Nr: 4; Category: Others; Author: Samy Bouayad & Judith Hague;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/P54-55(1).pdf

Swissmedic: the Swiss Institute of Therapeutic Products
Year: 2003; Nr: 4; Category: Others; Author: Samy Bouayad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/56.pdf

Interview with Dr Klaus-Jorg Dogwiler, Director of Swissmedic
Year: 2003; Nr: 4; Category: Others; Author: Samy Bouayad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/P58.pdf

The pharmaceutical market within Switzerland
Year: 2003; Nr: 4; Category: Others; Author: Samy Bouayad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/P59.pdf

The Swiss medicines pricing policy
Year: 2003; Nr: 4; Category: Others; Author: Samy Bouayad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/60-61.pdf

Relations between the European Union and Switzerland in the pharmaceutical area
Year: 2003; Nr: 4; Category: Others; Author: Helicia Herman;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/P63.pdf

A Working Day in Hospital
Year: 2003; Nr: 4; Category: Others; Author: J.-Ph.Reymond;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/P64.pdf


SWEDEN

User Fees for Health Care in Sweden A two-tier threat or a tool for solidarity?
Year: 2003; Nr: 5; Category: Others; Author: Johan Hjertqvist;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p47-4%5B1%5D(1).pdf

Hospital pharmacy in Sweden
Year: 2003; Nr: 5; Category: Others; Author: Astrid Forsstrom, Birgitta Seiving;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p4%5B1%5D.pdf

Sweden - healthcare in transition
Year: 2003; Nr: 5; Category: Others; Author: Astrid Forsstrom,Birgitta Seiving;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p4%5B2%5D.pdf

The Swedish Society for Hospital Pharmacy
Year: 2003; Nr: 5; Category: Others; Author: Astrid Forsstrom, Birgitta Seiving;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p4%5B4%5D.pdf

Changing attitudes to generic drugs
Year: 2003; Nr: 5; Category: Others; Author: Judith Hague;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p4%5B3%5D.pdf


GERMANY

Detecting medication errors in order To protect patients
Year: 2003; Nr: 6; Category: Others; Author: Dr.Torsten Hoppe-Tichy;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p65.pdf

Changes imminent in health Insurance sector
Year: 2003; Nr: 6; Category: Others; Author: Edgar J. Schmitt;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p51to52(2).pdf

Adka e.v. – german association of Hospital pharmacists Insurance sector
Year: 2003; Nr: 6; Category: Others; Author: Dr. Irene Kramer;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p53to56.pdf

The hospital pharmacy: providing Services on behalf of patients
Year: 2003; Nr: 6; Category: Others; Author: Dr. Irene Kramer;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p57to58.pdf

New financing system for German hospitals
Year: 2003; Nr: 6; Category: Others; Author: Dr.Wolfgang Kammerer;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p60to61.pdf

Studying pharmacy in Germany
Year: 2003; Nr: 6; Category: Others; Author: Prof. Roland Ratziwill;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p64(1).pdf

Consultation and integration: the daily routine of a chief pharmacist
Year: 2003; Nr: 6; Category: Others; Author: Dr. H. P. Lipp;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p66.pdf


SPAIN

Association of Spanish Hospital Pharmacists (SEFH) (www.sefh.es)
Year: 2004; Nr: 1; Category: Country focus; Page: 73; Author: Dr Placido J. Moreno;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/FocusSpain%20p73.pdf

The Spanish health system
Year: 2004; Nr: 1; Category: Country focus; Page: 74 -75; Author: Samy Bouayad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/FocusSpain%20p74to75.pdf

The Educational System for Hospital Pharmacists in Spain
Year: 2004; Nr: 1; Category: Country focus; Page: 76 -77; Author: Francisco Sierra Garcia, Hospital Pharmacist, Pharmacy Department, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/FocusSpain%20p76to77.pdf

A day in a Spanish hospital pharmacy
Year: 2004; Nr: 1; Category: Country focus; Page: 78; Author: Jose Javier Marquez Nieves, Farmaceutico de Hospital, Servicio de Farmacia, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/FocusSpain%20p78.pdf

The benefits of automated dispensing in hospital pharmacy
Year: 2004; Nr: 1; Category: Cover story; Page: 22 -23; Author: Keith Farrar, Director of Pharmacy, Wirral Hospital NHS Trust, Ann Slee, Chief Pharmacist, Glan Clwyd Hospital;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/CoverStory%20p22to23.pdf

Bar-coding in action in the hospital pharmacy - a report
Year: 2004; Nr: 1; Category: Cover story; Page: 24 -26; Author: Dr. Werner Kittlaus, Director of the Central Pharmacy of the District Hospitals of Munich and Monika Kaniuth, Pharmacist in Training;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/CoverStory%20p24to26.pdf

Automated drug distribution system: the Cromwell Hospital experience
Year: 2004; Nr: 1; Category: Cover story; Page: 27; Author: Dr. Henry McCullagh, BSc(Pharm), MRPharmS, Chief Pharmacist, Cromwell Hospital;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/CoverStory%20p27.pdf


SLOVENIA

Recent changes in the Slovenian health care system
Year: 2004; Nr: 2; Category: Country focus; Page: 52; Author: Mladen Markota;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/FocusSlovenia1.pdf

Slovenian Association of Hospital Pharmacy
Year: 2004; Nr: 2; Category: Country focus; Page: 53; Author: Tajda Miharija Gala;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/FocusSlovenia2.pdf

New responsibilities, new challenges for hospital pharmacists
Year: 2004; Nr: 2; Category: Country focus; Page: 54 -55; Author: Tajda Miharija Gala;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/FocusSlovenia3.pdf

Faculty of pharmacy, Ljubljana: study programmes
Year: 2004; Nr: 2; Category: Country focus; Page: 56; Author: Dr. Mirjana Gasperlin;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/FocusSlovenia4.pdf

Development of radiopharmacy practise + Individualised preparation of analgesics
Year: 2004; Nr: 2; Category: Country focus; Page: 57; Author: Tanja Gmeiner Stopar + Monica Sonc;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/FocusSlovenia5.pdf


DENMARK

Hospital Pharmacy Practice in Denmark
Year: 2004; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 57 -59; Author: Anne H. Kahns and Gitte Nielsen;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/57%20E3%20FocusDenmark.pdf

The Danish Society of Hospital Pharmacy Managers
Year: 2004; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 60; Author: Connie Sorensen;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/60%20E3%20FocusDenmark.pdf

The Medicines Agency of Danish Regions - manufacturing medicinal products at hospital pharmacies
Year: 2004; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 61; Author: Lilly Krogsgaard, M.Sc.Pharm. Assistant Director, Registration Manager, the Medicines Agency of the Danish Regions, Denmark.;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/61%20E3%20FocusDenmark.pdf

Patient safety in Denmark: A healthcare system that is learning
Year: 2004; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 62; Author: Linda Jeffery;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/62%20E3%20FocusDenmark.pdf

Cross sector recommendation lists promoting rational pharmacotherapy
Year: 2004; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 63; Author: Nina Egtved Knudsen;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/63%20E3%20FocusDenmark.pdf

Electronic prescribing in hospitals: the role and responsibility of hospital pharmacists
Year: 2004; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 64; Author: Inger Bjeldbak-Olesen;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/64%20E3%20FocusDenmark.pdf

Automatic drug dispensing in Aarhus County - Planning and preparations
Year: 2004; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 66 -67; Author: Karen Marie Ostergaard;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/66%20E3%20FocusDenmark.pdf

Rational pharmacotherapy in daily clinical practice + Continuing education and career development in oncology pharmacy in Denmark
Year: 2004; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 68 -70; Author: Anne Kahns and Dorte Kromann + Hilde Omestad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/68%20E3%20FocusDenmark.pdf


BELGIUM

Country Focus Belgium (complete). Year: 2004; Nr: 4; Category: Country focus; Page: 45 -56;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/45_56%20E4%20FocusBelgium.pdf


AUSTRIA

The Austrian Health Care System
Year: 2004; Nr: 5; Category: Country focus; Page: 51 -52; Author: Elfriede Dolinar Mag. Pharm.;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/E5%20p51%20focus.pdf

Hospital Pharmacy in Austria
Year: 2004; Nr: 5; Category: Country focus; Page: 53; Author: Thomas Langebner;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/E5%20p53%20focus.pdf

The Austrian Association of Hospital Pharmacists
Year: 2004; Nr: 5; Category: Country focus; Page: 54; Author: Thomas Langebner;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/E5%20p54%20focus.pdf

Radiopharmacy
Year: 2004; Nr: 5; Category: Country focus; Page: 56; Author: Dr. Markus Mitterhauser;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/E5%20p56%20focus.pdf

Postgraduate Specialisation
Year: 2004; Nr: 5; Category: Country focus; Page: 57; Author: Thomas Langebner;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/E5%20p57%20focus.pdf


UNITED KINGDOM

The United Kingdom and the ‘National Health Service’
Year: 2004; Nr: 6; Category: Country focus; Page: 121; Author: Tony West;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/121%20focus%20UK%20%20E6.pdf

The Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists
Year: 2004; Nr: 6; Category: Country focus; Page: 122; Author: Tony West;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/122%20focus%20UK%20%20E6.pdf

Pharmacy in a devolved United Kingdom
Year: 2004; Nr: 6; Category: Country focus; Page: 123 -124; Author: Vilma Gilis;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/123%20focus%20UK%20%20E6.pdf

NHS Direct: A fast moving service
Year: 2004; Nr: 6; Category: Country focus; Page: 125 -126; Author: Anne Joshua;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/125%20focus%20UK%20%20E6.pdf

Purchasing safer medicines for the NHS – risk management in pharmaceutical procurement
Year: 2004; Nr: 6; Category: Country focus; Page: 127; Author: Andrew C Alldred;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/127%20focus%20UK%20%20E6.pdf


SLOVAKIA

Hospital pharmacy in Slovakia
Year: 2005; Nr: 1; Category: Country focus; Page: 35 -36; Author: Juraj Sykora, PharmD., PhD;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/035%20Slovakia%202.pdf

The health care system in Slovakia
Year: 2005; Nr: 1; Category: Country focus; Page: 35; Author: Pharm.Dr. Juraj Sykora, PhD and Mgr. Roman Maas;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/035%20Slovakia.pdf

Education and training of pharmacists in Slovakia
Year: 2005; Nr: 1; Category: Country focus; Page: 36; Author: Silvia Szucsova, PhD,Associate Professor;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/036%20Slovakia.pdf

Expenditure on drugs and (diagnostic) medical devices in hospitals in Slovakia
Year: 2005; Nr: 1; Category: Country focus; Page: 37; Author: Pharm.Dr. Juraj Sykora;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/037%20Slovakia.pdf

Cancer care and the extent of use of antineoplastic agents
Year: 2005; Nr: 1; Category: Country focus; Page: 38 -39; Author: Mgr. Roman Maas and Juraj Sykora, PharmD, PhDr
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/038%20Slovakia.pdf


PORTUGAL


The Portuguese health system
Year: 2005; Nr: 2; Category: Country focus; Page: 31; Author: Aida Batista;
>http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/031%20Portugal.pdf

Hospital pharmacy in Portugal
Year: 2005; Nr: 2; Category: Country focus; Page: 32 -33; Author: Hospital pharmacy in Portugal;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/032%20Portugal.pdf

The Portuguese Association of Hospital Pharmacists
Year: 2005; Nr: 2; Category: Country focus; Page: 34; Author: Jorge Brochado ;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/034%20Portugal.pdf

5th Congress of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Pharmacists
Year: 2005; Nr: 2; Category: Country focus; Page: 36; Author: Antonio Melo Gouveia, PhD;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/036%20Portugal.pdf


FINLAND

Medicines in healthcare in Finland
Year: 2005; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 47 -48; Author: Harri Ovaskainen, Marja Airaksinen and Ulla Narhi;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/Finland047.pdf

Hospital pharmacy in Finland
Year: 2005; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 49 -50; Author: Marisa Eronen, Jaana Lehtomaki and Merja Nylander;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/Finland049.pdf

Progress in medicines information services
Year: 2005; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 52 -53; Author: Raimo Ojala, M.Sc. (Pharm);
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/Finland052.pdf

A pilot electronic prescription system scheme in Helsinki
Year: 2005; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 54; Author: Kirsi Niiranen, M. Sc. Pharm.;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/Finland054.pdf

Finnish Hospital Pharmacists Association
Year: 2005; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 55; Author: Heli Leskinen B.Sc. (Pharm.);
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/Finland055.pdf