Clinical staff pharmacist vs pharmacist informaticist

Differences between clinical staff pharmacist and pharmacist informaticist duties and responsibilities

Clinical staff pharmacist example responsibilities.

• Dose and manage all Vancomycin and Aminoglycoside antibiotics throughout the entire hospital including overseeing, evaluating, and ordering antibiotic labs.
• Determine appropriateness of medications and monitor drug-drug interactions, drug-disease interactions, and allergies.
• Analyze every drug order for potential drug-relate medical problems and implementing corrective action to ensure that patients receive optimal drug therapy.
• Verify daily proficiency reports generate by the PYXIS dispensing system.
• Serve as the preceptor for PharmD students in a clinical in-hospital pharmacy rotation.
• Check against drug interactions, allergies, contraindications, and monitor for core measure compliance.
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Pharmacist informaticist example responsibilities.

• Compile and manage patient information to meet confidentiality requirements and screen for drug allergies and interactions.
• Review and correct all order sentences used for CPOE in PowerChart.
• Support all medication ordering in POM (CPOE) and eMAR nursing documentation.
• Initiate and operate successful community-base immunization programs.
• Maintain information and support use for bedside barcode medication administration (BCMA).
• Present information to nursing staff on such topics as diabetes and pain medication documentation.
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