Yousef A Alomi
Ministry of Health, KSA
Title: Strategic planning of pharmaceutical care at Saudi MOH: New model for Middle East countries
Biography
Biography: Yousef A Alomi
Abstract
General Administration of Pharmaceutical Care of Ministry of Health in KSA is responsible of implementing pharmaceutical care and related issues to 250 hospitals and more than 2500 primary care centers including clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice and it had established strategic planning for coming ten years to improve pharmaceutical care at all hospital pharmacies and primary care centers pharmacies. This plan was established after reviewing strategic planning of Ministry of Health (MOH) KSA, American Society of Health System Pharmacist (ASHP), American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), and Saudi Pharmaceutical Society (SPS). Initial step of one of the applying strategic plans is assessment of the real situation by using ASHP survey, pharmacist job satisfaction and pharmacy competencies, and the next step is reviewing pharmacy manpower, pharmacy design, pharmacy automation, human resources including pharmacy and clinical pharmacistrnmanpower, job description, and ISMP self-assessment of medication safety in the hospitals and primary care centers. The thirdrnstep to review pharmacy education and training including short and long courses, post graduate clinical pharmacy scholarrnship, general and specialized residency program. After two years of starting the plan, almost 30-40% of the plan was finished with improving pharmacy services and applying more ten clinical pharmacy programs, and reduction of medication errors.The new model of strategic planning is essential to reach an excellent pharmaceutical care and improve outcome and avoiding unnecessary cost in Middle East countries.