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Sample
Reports
Highlights
of Safety Related Drug Labeling Changes - Nov 2005
Drug
Class Review - Human Growth Hormones - Feb 2006
New Drug classification - Nov 2005
List of Drug Supply Shortages - Feb 06
New Drug Evaluation - Bromfenac (Xibrom) - Feb 2006
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Drug
Information
With Clinical Pharmacy Associates the latest information is just
a phone call away. Our skilled clinical practitioners provide clients
with the latest in drug therapy information - 24 hours a day,
7 days a week. Using electronic databases, literature sources,
and proven expertise with patient disease management, our experienced
and skilled professionals become a critical resource, allowing you
to:
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Facilitate medication use after hours and ensure that nurses and
physicians on night shifts have the same high level of clinical
support available during the day
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Develop policies and procedures to ensure access to consultation
with a pharmacist if a pharmacist is not available on-site
A variety of subscription plans are available which include access to the following:
- Drug evaluations and fact sheets
- Answers to questions on new and investigational drugs
- Patient specific drug therapy assessments and formal pharmacokinetics consults
- Drug protocols, guidelines, or algorithms
- Formulary review and management system
Drug
Information on the Web
We also provide a unique opportunity to access a comprehensive
range of information and services using our special website. Subscribers
click on to www.clinpharm.com and get:
- Answers to questions
- Tools and forms for drug use control
- Drug formulary information
- P&T Committee support
- JCAHO preparations
- Cost containment tools
- Competency training via distance learning modules
Our website
can offer you much more than just answers to questions. It also
can provide access to a pharmacist consultant, as well as clinical,
managerial, and other knowledgeable professionals.
Experienced
Healthcare is complex, and getting more complex every day. We
know. We've been in the business since 1986, and our trained pharmacist
clinicians have a total of over 250 practice years of experience.
We are accomplished at dealing with challenging issues like reform,
cost containment, and information technology/automation. In fact,
we are among the oldest and most successful companies in the country
offering pharmacy and drug information services. Over the years,
we've developed many practical, cost effective approaches that truly
get the job done.
An
Information Source
When it comes to information about drugs and drug therapies, it's
critical that you have a source of unbiased information. At Clinical
Pharmacy Associates we have no conflict of interest with pharmaceutical
manufacturers, chain retail pharmacies, pharmacy benefit management
companies or long-term care pharmacy vendors. Independently owned
and operated, we make choices based only on what's best for our
clients and patients.
Value
Driven
We offer the most experienced staff and the most comprehensive range
of services available anywhere - at rates you can afford. Experience
makes us smarter and faster, and the comprehensive approach makes
us more efficient than our competitors. At Clinical Pharmacy Associates
we watch your money like it's ours.
Drug
Utilization and Formulary Support
We provide tailored utilization programs that support critical
healthcare decisions, and we address in a scientific and data-driven
manner the clinical appropriateness of drug therapy utilization
as well as resource allocation issues. These utilization programs
include:
- Formulary review and management system with Phamacy and Theraputics
committee support
- Programs
to reduce medication errors and adverse drug events
- Computerized
linking of healthcare databases for disease state management
- Research and drug technology assessments
Patient
Outcomes Management
At Clinical Pharmacy Associates we focus on improving patient healthcare
outcomes at the lowest total cost. The application of clinical theories
and practice at the individual patient level are used to improve
total patient care. These services include:
- Healthcare
outcomes studies
- Total quality
improvement (TQI) programs
- Clinical intervention and counter-detailing programs
- Research
- Pharmacoepidemiologic
and pharmacoeconomic analyses
Contract
Services
As part of our comprehensive range of services, we also offer on-site
clinical pharmacy services. In addition to meeting our clients'
needs, this hands-on practice enhances the skills of our practitioners
as well as their ability to understand the healthcare needs of patients.
These services include:
- Rounding and clinical consults
- Clinical intervention and counter-detailing
- Staff development and competency building
- Target drug and disease monitoring
- Drug therapy total quality improvement (TQI)
- Adverse drug reaction monitoring and drug utilization evaluation
(DUE)
- Patient education programs
- Program management
Management
and Technical Consulting
The management and technical consulting services of Clinical Pharmacy
Associates assist organizations to focus on a variety of drug therapy-related
issues, including resource and manpower utilization, disease state
management, quality improvement, and patient healthcare outcomes.
These services include:
- Clinical pharmacy services and program development
- JCAHO accreditation issues
- Clinical pharmacy strategic planning
- Efficiency reviews
- Industrial engineering
- Quality improvement
- Medico-legal review
Education
and Training
Clinical Pharmacy Associates offers healthcare providers continuing
education and training programs with the most up-to-date skills
and career-enhancing professional experiences. These services include:
- Approved continuing education programs for pharmacists, nurses,
and physicians
- Consumer and healthcare professional drug information publications
- Newsletter, formulary, and preferred drug list development
- Competency testing programs
Medication
Error Prevention
Clinical Pharmacy Associates provides a comprehensive group of services
that lead to a safer healthcare environment. These services include:
- Risk assessment
- Benchmarking
- Education and training
- Program development
- Tools
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