M1 standards

• Standard I: Practice Management


  Effective leadership and practice

  management skills are necessary for the

  delivery of pharmacy services in a manner

  consistent with the hospital’s and patients’

  needs.
• Standard I: Practice Management


  Such leadership should foster continuous improvement in patient care outcomes
• Standard I: Practice Management


  The management of pharmacy services should focus on the pharmacist’s responsibilities as a patient care provider and leader of the pharmacy enterprise through the development of organizational structures that support that mission.
• Standard I: Practice Management


  Development of such structures will require communication and collaboration with other departments and services throughout the hospital, which every member of the pharmacy team should cultivate at every opportunity.
• Standard I: Practice Management

  Pharmacy and Pharmacist Services
• Standard I: Practice Management

  Laws and Regulations
• Standard I: Practice Management

  Policies and Procedures
• Standard I: Practice Management

  Human Resources
• Standard I: Practice Management

  Facilities
• Standard I: Practice Management

  Committee Involvement
• Standard II: Medication-Use Policy Development

  Policy Development
• Standard II: Medication-Use Policy Development

  Formulary Management
• Standard II: Medication-Use Policy Development

  Drug Information
• Standard III: Optimizing Medication Therapy 


  Pharmacists, in collaboration with medical and nursing staff, shall develop policies and procedures based on demonstrated best practices for ensuring the quality of medication therapy. Clinical imperatives should be the primary determinants of medication-use decisions.
• Standard III: Optimizing Medication Therapy

  Creating a Relationship with the Patient
• Standard III: Optimizing Medication Therapy

  Acquiring Essential Patient Data
• Standard III: Optimizing Medication Therapy

  Consulting With Other Health Professionals About Medication Therapy
• Standard IV: Drug Product Procurement and Inventory Management 


  The pharmacy shall be responsible for the procurement, distribution, and control of all drug products used in the hospital for inpatient and ambulatory patients
• Standard IV: Drug Product Procurement and Inventory Management

  Selecting Sources of Pharmaceutical Products
• Standard IV: Drug Product Procurement and Inventory Management

  Managing Inventory
• Standard IV: Drug Product Procurement and Inventory Management

  Inspecting Storage Areas and Inventory Items
• Standard IV: Drug Product Procurement and Inventory Management

  Returning Recalled, Expired, and Other Unusable Items
• Standard V: Preparing, Packaging and Labeling Medications

  Preparing Medications
• Standard V: Preparing, Packaging and Labeling Medications

  Packaging Medications
• Standard VI: Medication Dispensing and Delivery

  Medication Dispensing
• Standard VI: Medication Dispensing and Delivery

  Medication Delivery and Administration
• Standard VII: Monitoring Medication Use

  Reviewing Patient Responses to Medication Therapy
• Standard VII: Monitoring Medication Use

  Educating and Counseling Patients and Family
• Standard VIII. Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Medication-Use System


  There shall be an ongoing, systematic program for quality assessment and improvement of pharmacy services and the medication-use system.
• Standard VIII. Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Medication-Use System

  Assessing Pharmacy Services and Practices
• Standard VIII. Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Medication-Use System

  Improving the Medication-Use Process
• Standard IX. Research


  The pharmacist should initiate, participate in, and support clinical and practicerelated research appropriate to the goals, objectives, and resources of the specific hospital.