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Phillip Olley, PharmD, talks with Michelle Ma, RN, flow coordinator
(left) and Zin Mie Oo, MD, infectious disease fellow (right)
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From APhA
It's almost end of 2013. This is what pharmacist can do and we definitely can make a difference. Keep up the good work everyone!
Froedtert
Hospital joins with two community hospitals and 30 clinics to make up
Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, which has 772 beds,
nearly 40,000 annual admissions, and more than 900,000 annual outpatient
visits.
Pharmacists are everywhere at
Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Froedtert Hospital.
From the moment patients enter the hospital to the moment they leave,
pharmacists play an active role in managing and monitoring medications.
“We have pharmacists on the [hospital]
floors, in ambulatory clinics, and in medical homes, so our pharmacists
really take ownership of the patient no matter where he or she is in the
transition of care,” said Erika Smith, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy
Manager at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee.
With more than 200 pharmacists, pharmacy
technicians, and pharmacy administration and informatics team members,
Froedtert Hospital has a longstanding history of embedding pharmacists
at transition points in the hospital.
Four clinical pharmacy managers are
aligned with each medical service line and manage the corresponding
inpatient pharmacy services all the way through ambulatory pharmacy
services. This model helps the organization and its pharmacists gain a
better understanding of how pharmacy services can best meet the needs of
patients.
