ANNUAL REPORT FY2006
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Welcome
From the Department of Pharmacy Services | Inpatient
Drug Distribution Services | Clinical
Pharmacy Services
Ambulatory
Pharmacy Services | Medication
Safety | Drug
Information and Investigation Services
Research
and Education | HomeMed
Services | Computerization
and Automation
Continuous
Quality Improvement | Purchasing,
Inventory, Management, and Distribution | Business
Operations
WELCOME FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF PHARMACY SERVICES
James G. Stevenson, PharmD,
FASHP Director of Pharmacy Services Professor and Associate
Dean for Clinical Sciences,
Welcome to the Department of
Pharmacy Services Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2006. This was a year in which
we continued to improve the quality of our services and expand our clinical
pharmacy services. Specifically,
several major capital projects were being planned or implemented. These included the implementation of Omnicell Pharmacy Central – a bar-code assisted inventory
management system that incorporates the use of vertical storage carousels. It is anticipated that this system will
provide enhanced inventory control, tracking, and safety using bar code
technology and light-assisted product picking.
Two other large capital
projects being planned include the construction of a USP 797-compliant Class
10,000 cleanroom for the preparation of parenteral products, and the renovation of our
Investigational Drug Service area. We
have also worked toward the opening of a new operating room pharmacy in Mott
Children’s Hospital and a new outpatient infusion pharmacy at the
Significant work also occurred
in preparation for our computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system
implementation, scheduled for October 2006.
UM CareLink will utilize software from Eclipsys to allow computer order entry with an interface to
the WORx Pharmacy Information System.
We have continued to add
outstanding staff and expand services to our constituents. The following report
highlights many of the activities and accomplishments in the various areas of
our department during FY2006.
The department works to support
the mission, vision, values and goals of the
The
·
Patient Care: To provide rational, progressive pharmacotherapy in
a safe, efficient, and compassionate manner to enhance the quality of life for
all patients we serve.
·
Research: To provide a leadership role in the evolution of
knowledge through the development and support of investigations to benefit the
advancement of health care.
·
Education: To provide current and innovative pharmaceutical
information and instruction to health professionals, healthcare students and
the general public.
Department of Pharmacy
Services Specific Goals
To meet the
To assure that
pharmaceutical care is of the highest quality, meeting or exceeding community
and national standards.
To identify
pharmaceutical care issues, trends, and opportunities for improvement related
to the systems that support that care.
To assure that
pharmaceutical care, practice and professional performance are regularly,
validly, and reliably evaluated.
To assure that
procedures, methods, and systems are cost effective and demonstrate effective
impact.
To conduct
research and create new knowledge related to medications and pharmacy services
in patients.
To participate in
the education of pharmacy students, post-graduate pharmacists (residents and
fellows), as well as other health professionals.
Collectively, by embodying
these values and goals we help make the
In order to achieve these goals
we rely on excellence among our staff. In order to learn more about the
department and joining our staff, please go to http://www.med.umich.edu/careers/careers/pharmacy/index.html
for more information.
To see our current openings,
please go to http://websvcs.itcs.umich.edu/jobnet/search.php?searchBox=pharmacy&searchwhat=current .
An organizational chart of the department is displayed below:
