Main business operations
1: Promotion of ward services and outpatient services
We aim to enhance the services of pharmacists for outpatients.
(1) We are working to enhance and expand ward services and outpatient services.
(2) We provide assistance to strengthen a set up for realizable system, such as increasing the number of necessary pharmacists.
2: Promotion of the health care team
(1) We support hospital pharmacists to acquire techniques for making drug prescription recommendations and implementing safety drug management.
(2) We manage and provide the latest information of the proper use of drugs, and promote safety measures in the hospital.
3: Enhancement of skills and capabilities of hospital pharmacists
We are endeavoring to train and foster pharmacists with advanced skills, who are capable of contributing to the growth and development of the health care team.
(1) We promote lifelong learning and training projects.
(2) We have programs to educate and foster pharmacy specialists and certified pharmacists and Board Certified Hospital Pharmacist(BCHP).
4: Promotion of medical cooperation
We promote centralized management of patient medical information with medical institutions, health insurance pharmacies, and nursing care facilities for effective and safe drug therapy.
5: Promotion of medical safety measures
(1) We manage and provide the latest information necessary for the proper use of drugs and promote safety measures in hospitals and regions.
(2) We support the setup where pharmacists take responsibility for ensuring the safety of pharmacotherapy.
(3) We support the introduction of medical information systems that contribute to ensuring medical safety and support for digital transformation(DX)between medical care and nursing care.
6: Activities to ensure pharmacy services at hospitals, clinics and long-term care facilities
We promote 1)the qualitative enhancement and complete implementation of drug management guidance; 2) management of drugs that all inpatients have brought with them;3)the practice of making prescription recommendations; and the strengthening of nighttime and holiday service setups, etc.
7: Promotion of research and study
We conduct research that contributes to enhancing the quality of medicine, and build evidence.
8: Disaster countermeasures and responses
We have established a medical support system that can appropriately respond when future disasters occur, and in the event of large-scale disasters, we carry out medical support activities from the early stage of the disaster.
9: Cooperation in pharmaceutical education for training and fostering pharmacists
We establish a setup where pharmaceutical students throughout the country can receive high-quality, uniform hospital pharmacy training and exercises.
10: Provision of information to our members, and boosting of awareness-raising projects
We provide information through our journals and website, and produce publication materials on educating and raising the awareness of our members.
11: Promotion of international exchange projects
We take part in meetings held by the International Pharmaceutical Federation(FIP), the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists(ASHP), and the Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Association(FAPA), among other organizations, and step up international collaborations.
