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Clinical Pharmacy Associates, Inc.
 
 
  
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| Drug Information |  Drug Information on the Web | Experienced | An Information Source |
| Value Driven | Drug Utilization and Formulary Support | Patient Outcomes Management |
| Contract Services | Management and Technical Consulting | Education and Training |
| Medication Error Prevention |

 

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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:

  • 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
  • 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