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2009

Pearls of Informatics Moderator: Maritza Lew, PharmD, Clinical Informatics Analyst, El Camino Hospital Eclipsys Outsource, Mountain View, CA

• Minimizing Medication Errors Possible in CPOE [PDF]
  Robert Blair, PharmD, Director of Pharmaceutical Services, El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, CA; and Director of Pharmaceutical Services, El Camino Hospital Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
• Dose Alert Implementation: Avoiding Fatigue on the Long Journey [PDF]
  Anne M. Bobb, BS Pharm, Clinical Informatics Pharmacist, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
• Using 'Beers' to Help with Insomnia in the Elderly [PDF]
  Ronald J. Campbell, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Specialist, UPMC St. Margaret Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
• Smile for the Camera: Operationalizing Telepharmacy and Remote IV Medication Verification Technology [PDF]
  Kavish J. Choudhary, PharmD, MS, Pharmacy Support Services Manager, University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, Salt Lake City, UT
• InterOPERAbility: RxNorm Helps Systems Sing the Same Song [PDF]
  Usha Desiraju, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacist, First DataBank, South San Francisco, CA
• Portland Legal: Telepharmacy for Remote Verification and Dispensing of Chemotherapy Admixtures [PDF]
  Neil Edillo, PharmD, Informatics Pharmacist, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland
• Are You Out of Your Mind? Using the IV Pathway for Patient/Dose Specific Oral Syringes [PDF]
  Lynn Ethridge, PharmD, Manager, Pharmacy Informatics, Greenville Hospital System, Greenville, SC
• Herding Cats: Training Strategies for a New Pharmacy Information System [PDF]
  Stephanie Ferrell, PharmD, Pharmacy Informatics Resident, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
• Reckoning Required for Reconciliation [PDF]
  Ruth Flores, RPh, MBA, Practice Manager, Eclipsys Corporation; and PRN Pharmacist, Baylor All Saints Hospital, Fort Worth, TX
• Don't Roll the Dice on Barcodes: Using IT to Ensure Accuracy of Pharmacy Prepared Barcoded Medications [PDF]
  David L. Girouard, MPH, RPh, System Director of Pharmacy, Cardinal Health /The Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain, CT
• Using Clinical Prediction Rules to Identify Targets for Pharmacist Interventions [PDF]
  Tim Holman, PharmD, Pharmacy Informatics Resident, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO
• Pharmacy Clinical Interventions: Finding a Standard and Sticking With It [PDF]
  Will Hudson, PharmD, FASHP, Pharmacist, HCA, Inc., Nashville, TN
• Arden Syntax Based Clinical Rules for Pharmacy [PDF]
  Michael A. Jones, PharmD, Pharmacy Informatics, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora
• Optimizing Automated Dispensing Machines: Reducing Workload and Stock-Outs While Increasing Utilization [PDF]
  Seth Alan Kuiper, PharmD, Lead Pharmacy Automation Specialist, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
• Enoxaparin Dosing for Dummies [PDF]
  Brandee Livingston, PharmD, Pharmacy Systems Specialist, El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, CA
• Ambulatory Care Clinic Implements Preferred Alternatives through Electronic Prescribing System and Saves Money [PDF]
  Luanne S. Malsin, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Program Coordinator, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI
• Imagine If [PDF]
  Kevin Marvin, MS, FHIMSS, FASHP, Principal, Kevin Marvin Consulting LLC, Burlington, VT
• Bringing FedEx-Like Technology to the Pharmacy: Now Everyone Knows the Delivery Location of Your Medications [PDF]
  Charles McCluskey, PharmD, Director, Pharmacy & Pulmonary Services, Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, OH
• Don't Be Paralyzed...Use Information Technology to Prevent Medication Errors—Preventing Errors with Neuromuscular Blocking Agents [PDF]
  Patrick J. McDonnell, PharmD, Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Temple University School of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, PA
• CPOE: Care-Sets  [PDF]
  Brad Miller, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacist, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI
• I Want a Tablet This Time...BCMA Derailed by Erratic Pediatric Dose Form Preferences? [PDF]
  Thomas Moniz, PharmD, Champs Meds Process Pharmacist, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
• SCIP to Success [PDF]
  Sonali Muzumdar, PharmD, Pharmacy Project Manager, Comprehensive Pharmacy Services, Mercy Hospital & Medical Center, Chicago, IL
• Show Me the MONEY! On Health Systems Efforts at ARRA [PDF]
  John Poikonen, PharmD, Clinical Informatics Director, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
• A Tale of Technology Improving Pharmacist Work Satisfaction [PDF]
  Rachel Ranz, PharmD, PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration Resident, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN
• A Toolbox for Starting Projects [PDF]
  Michael Schlesselman, PharmD, FASHP, FASHP, Director IT Program Management, L&M Hospital, New London, CT
• A Reporting System for Problematic Barcodes [PDF]
  Ron Schneider, BS Pharm, MHA, Pharmacist Consultant, Bar Code Resource Office, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC
• Surviving the Enhancement of Automated Dispensing Machines[PDF]
  Matthew Scola, PharmD, Director of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Northwest, Seneca, PA
• Implementing New Barcode Wristband Software and Hardware [PDF]
  Nancy R. Smestad, MS, RPh, Pharmacist Consultant, VHA OHI IT Patient Safety, Fargo, ND
• Pediatric IT: Square Pegs, Round Holes, and TPN Order Entry [PDF]
  Scott Turner, PharmD, Pharmacy IT, Children's Health System, Birmingham, AL
• Use of a Novel Hard-Stop to Improve Venous Thromboembolism Assessment Documentation Compliance [PDF]
  Christopher Zimmerman, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacist - Clinical Decision Support, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Archived Pearls

• 2008 Midyear Pearls of Informatics Presentations