Stewart Brown 
Pharmacy Practice 
Quality and Safety

The good Handbook of Institutional Pharmacy Practiceguidelines are based on the pharmaceutical care given by pharmacists. The guidelinesrecommend that national standards are set for: the promotion of health, the supply of medicines, medical devices, patientself care and improving prescribing and medicine use by pharmacists’ activities. This book provides a completeunderstanding of the principles of quality improvement and their application to present and future pharmacy practice. It is acomfortable read and is written at an elementary level in comparison to other textbooks in the pharmacy curriculum. Thetext explains the principles, approaches, strategies, and actions necessary to improve the overall safety and effectiveness ofpharmacy services. This comprehensive text offers a complete overview of quality in general, the reasons for improvingpractice, and actual day-to-day changes and approaches that will positively impact the patient. It also provides base for thecurrent and future landscape of health care quality; business case for quality improvement and value-driven health care; andincentives and other drivers of quality improvement. This book is the culmination of many years of academic study and realworld experience.