By having pharmacists and pharmacy technicians closer to the patients we will enable ourselves to be more clinically active and have a greater impact on patient care. Development of an Operating Room Pharmacy satellite to serve our patients and heath care providers in this arena. Pharmacists can play a huge role in the care of the patient while under going surgical procedures. By providing this service, we will again place ourselves closer to the patients and therefore make a greater impact in their care. Initiate Pharmacists response to emergency code situations in the hospital.
Pharmacists can play a vital role in resuscitation efforts.
We are the medication experts and can assist, lend value, and ultimately increase positive outcomes in these very critical and stressful situations. It has been shown time and again that pharmacists can impact overall patient care and be leaders. Cost containment is a word that we have all become very familiar with. We will begin to devote more hours and resources to these challenges. Initial areas of opportunity are Critical Care, Oncology, Dialysis, Pain Management, etc.