Reengineering a pharmacist intervention program.
At the beginning of a period of rapid growth in clinical pharmacy services in our integrated health system, we realized that there was no mechanism to address how pharmacist interventions were processed, evaluated, and followed up. Interventions were inconsistently documented, and the documentation served no more purpose than to record workload statistics. There was little assessment of the value or quality of interventions, no peer review, and no reporting of aggregate data to improve system-related problems. How are others handling the documentation and assessment of pharmacist interventions?
Johnson
Steven T
ST
Pharmacia Corporation, 7000 Portage Road, 0955-298-120, Kalamazoo, MI 49001-0199, USA.
Brown
Gerard C
GC
Shea
Kelly M
KM
D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010605:Pharmacy Administration; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D024382:Professional Role; D000078329:Workforce