Some of the many services provided by the inpatient pharmacy include:
In compliance with CMS, The Joint Commission, State Board of Pharmacy, Medication Management Standards, and other regulatory agencies.
- Centralized medication distribution to hospitalized patients
- Highly integrated technological capacity with computerized provider order entry, perpetual inventory, computerized IV admixture, automated medication dispensing cabinets, barcode technology, bedside scanning, smart-pumps and electronic health record
- Sterile compounding in a USP 797 compliant clean room
- Decentralized clinical pharmacy services (patient-centered model of care)
- Outpatient Infusion Center
- Outpatient Oncology Services
- Broad representation on vital health-system teams and committees
- Collaborative practice agreements with medical staff
- Drug information services
- Investigational drug study participation and assistance
- Medication Reconciliation
- Patient education programs
- Staff education via scholarly programs, inservices and impromptu opportunities
- Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) pharmacy residency program
- Provide ongoing educational opportunities for NDSU College of Pharmacy interns as well as students interested in a pharmacy career
- Pharmacist-managed anticoagulation and antithrombotic service for inpatients
- Pharmacokinetic monitoring service and support
- Highly integrated Pharmacy Informatics service
- Continuous safety, effectiveness and quality monitoring
- Community Philanthropy Programs
- Community Education
- Formulary management
- Drug use evaluation