Abstract
In a small local hospital, we have been positively trying to establish firmly our activity as clinical pharmacists. Our objectives have focused on two points: the one was managing with limitted manpower, and the other was keeping as long time as possible for interviewing inpatients. The past prescription records for inpatients were modified and used as medication histories, when inpatients were given mediational instructions. Our research revealed that the time it took to complete the medication histories was reduced, and our clinical pharmacy activity could be introduced to our hospital as a routine job without requiring any additional manpower. Also much longer time could be allocated to interviewing inpatients, making possible more efficient medicational instructions.
