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Hello,
I was wondering what your workflow is like if you work in a centralized hospital pharmacy? I work in a hospital pharmacy, and we are centralized. We usually have 5, 6, or 7 pharmacists working 2nd shift (4 to 1230am).
We really never had any assignments i.e. no particular employee was assigned any particular responsibility. Everybody went along as the night went on. People check orders for a bit, do the counter for a bit, check crash carts for a bit, etc.
Now, management created a new workflow. One pharmacist a remote verification pharmacist which checks all orders that don't have a problem, and tags the orders that do have a problem needing follow up by the clarification pharmacist. The other is an IV pharmacist. The other 3 pharmacists are clarification pharmacists who are left to clarify the problem orders, answer phone calls (we get a lot as we are a level 1 trauma center), check back counter, and check code carts.
What is the set up like in your centralized hospital pharmacy? We are looking for ideas to change our current workflow.
I was wondering what your workflow is like if you work in a centralized hospital pharmacy? I work in a hospital pharmacy, and we are centralized. We usually have 5, 6, or 7 pharmacists working 2nd shift (4 to 1230am).
We really never had any assignments i.e. no particular employee was assigned any particular responsibility. Everybody went along as the night went on. People check orders for a bit, do the counter for a bit, check crash carts for a bit, etc.
Now, management created a new workflow. One pharmacist a remote verification pharmacist which checks all orders that don't have a problem, and tags the orders that do have a problem needing follow up by the clarification pharmacist. The other is an IV pharmacist. The other 3 pharmacists are clarification pharmacists who are left to clarify the problem orders, answer phone calls (we get a lot as we are a level 1 trauma center), check back counter, and check code carts.
What is the set up like in your centralized hospital pharmacy? We are looking for ideas to change our current workflow.