Initiation of a clinical pharmacology consult service as a formulary management tool.
Establishment of a multidisciplinary clinical pharmacology consult service (CPCS) can be an important adjunct to a successful formulary management system. This article describes the model of a CPCS developed at the University of California Davis Medical Center. The CPCS provides patient-specific consultations, serves a leadership role in directing the medical staff toward hospital-wide drug usage guidelines for high cost pharmaceutical agents, and enforces the P & T Committee adopted criteria on selected high-cost or high risk agents. The mission of the CPCS is to provide the P & T Committee with a multidisciplinary mechanism to educate health care providers, improve patient care, establish drug usage criteria, and enforce those criteria.
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University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817.
Musallam
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Tharratt
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Romac
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Foulke
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Mowers
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Panecek
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D002140:California; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000592:standards; D005572:Formularies, Hospital as Topic; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000458:organization & administration; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education; D010599:Pharmacokinetics; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010606:Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration*