Pharmacy Department, Fangcun Hospital

[Overview] The Department of Pharmacy of Fangcun Hospital, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, was established in 2002. It is affiliated with the Department of Pharmacy of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine and is one of the important components of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine Key Specialty in Clinical Pharmacy and the Training Base for Clinical Pharmacists in Traditional Chinese Medicine of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine; it is a medical-technical department integrating pharmaceutical services, teaching, management, and scientific research. The specialty is responsible for pharmaceutical management services throughout the hospital, including drug procurement and supply, drug quality management, drug dispensing, prescription review, and rational medication use. The department is the deputy-chair institution of the Pharmaceutical Analysis Professional Committee of the Guangdong Pharmaceutical Association. At present, the department has 62 staff members, including 1 with a senior professional title and 3 with associate senior professional titles; 22 with intermediate professional titles (including 7 traditional Chinese medicine pharmacists and 15 western medicine pharmacists); 8 with master’s degrees and 41 with bachelor’s degrees. It has 1 nationally recognized inheritor of specialty techniques in traditional Chinese medicine, 2 apprentices of renowned traditional Chinese medicine pharmacists of Guangdong Province, and 5 young post specialists. [Department Features] The Department of Pharmacy of Fangcun Hospital follows a patient-centered service philosophy, is committed to safeguarding patients’ medication safety and promoting rational medication use, and provides pharmaceutical support to improve the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine in specialty care. Since 2004, the department has taken the lead in reforming the packaging of decoction pieces of traditional Chinese medicine and innovating traditional Chinese medicine dispensing methods, promoting the use of small-packaged decoction pieces of traditional Chinese medicine; it introduced traditional earthenware pots for decoction to improve the quality of traditional Chinese medicine decoctions and ensure decoction quality; it provides patients with more than 200 types of featured traditional Chinese medicine preparations made from authentic medicinal materials using refined manufacturing techniques; it carries out individualized processing of traditional Chinese medicines and provides medication services including herbal pastes, pills, and powders, receiving widespread acclaim from patients. At the same time, a centralized intravenous medication compounding center was established to ensure the quality and safety of infusions; pre-prescription review was implemented to promote safe and rational medication use. Since 2015, the department has successively implemented a series of information-based management systems, including an automated pharmacy, an intelligent management system for narcotic and psychotropic drugs, a centralized intravenous medication compounding center, a smart pharmacy, an automated dispensing system for traditional Chinese medicine granules, a medication dispensing and delivery robot, and an automatic medication verification machine. These systems have effectively addressed problems such as long patient waiting times for medications and the heavy workload of pharmacists. The department has thereby become a pioneer in information-based reform in the pharmaceutical field throughout the province, and its social influence has continued to grow. It has received numerous visits for observation and study from hospitals inside and outside the province. The hospital’s number of varieties of traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces, dispensing volume, and the environmental conditions of its traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy and storeroom are all at a leading level in Liwan District. In recent years, the department has led 2 provincial- or ministerial-level projects and 5 department- or bureau-level projects, and participated in 7 provincial- or ministerial-level projects and 13 department- or bureau-level projects; it has published more than 80 papers, including 3 SCI papers, 1 EI paper, 20 papers in nationally recognized Chinese core journals, and 12 papers in national science and technology core journals; it has served as chief editor of 2 academic monographs and contributed to 5 academic monographs. [Talent Structure] Chief Mentor: Dong Yuzhen Director of the Major Department: Lin Hua Department Director and Chief Traditional Chinese Medicine Pharmacist: Du Jingsheng Associate Chief Traditional Chinese Medicine Pharmacists: Huang Yundong, Huang Huiqing Associate Chief Pharmacist: Gao Yongyan Supervising Traditional Chinese Medicine Pharmacists: Qiu Yuanxian, Lin Xiaodan, Li Qiongjing, Li Yingjun, Li Shihui, Xiang Jun, He Guangjun Supervising Pharmacists: Li Yun, Lin Jinyan, Chen Shaoyue, Zhou Xinwei, Chen Haiwen, Li Weixing, Hu Erwen, Feng Shuqian, Xu Ting, Lin Huina, Zhang Laifu, Chen Daojing, Chen Huiqing, Shen Xiaoqiang, Li Xuebai