The advisory group will develop submissions to AJHP Column, review Section Website Resources, to support the writing/publication informatics research. This advisory group will be involved in planning educational opportunities at other national meetings (AMIA or HIMSS) or in conjunction with the Section’s other SAGs.
Leadership
Chair
Elizabeth Breeden, DPh, M.S.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy
Nashville, TN
Vice-Chair
Joseph Lassiter, M.S., R.Ph., BCPS, CPHIMS
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice/Administration
Pacific University Oregon School of Pharmacy
Hillsboro, OR
Key Information
SAG Charges
- Define Pharmacy Informatics Scope and Standards of Practice as they are intended to inform practitioner development and education
- Identify and enroll new authors, and provide mentorship for all authors of the "Informatics Interchange" column
- Determine means to highlight key pharmacy informatics research that may include a Journal club via ASHP Connect on informatics topics
- Develop awareness-raising content and opportunities to be in dialog regarding careers in pharmacy informatics
- Assess the professional educational needs of pharmacy informaticists
- Determine a strategy for Pharmacy Informaticist professional certification
Active Projects
Completed Projects
- Updated Section's Practice Resources and Career Development web sites
- Planned a Networking webinar on "Innovations in Chemotherapy Preparation Safety: Telepharmacy and Barcode"
- Launched "Informatics Interchange" Column in AJHP in June 2008
- Customizing clinical decision support to prevent excessive drug–drug interaction alerts. John R. Horn, Philip D. Hansten, Jacqueline D. Osborn, Pamela Wareham, and Shabir Somani. Am J Health Syst Pharm, April 15, 2011 68:662-664.
- E-prescribing: One giant leap toward pharmacy practice integration. Mark H. Siska. Am J Health Syst Pharm, March 1, 2011 68:380-381.
- Formulary and database synchronization. Leslie Brookins, Ron Burnette, Charles De la Torre, Doina Dumitru, Rhonda B. McManus, Christopher J. Urbanski, Rayburn Brian Vrabel, Robynn P. Wolfschlag, and Dennis A. Tribble. Am J Health Syst Pharm, February 1, 2011 68:204-206
- Development of a training program for bar-code-assisted medication administration in inpatient pharmacy. Lindsey R. Dartt and Ronald Schneider. Am J Health Syst Pharm,October 1, 2010 67:1592-1594.
- Best-of-breed versus integrated systems. Staci A. Hermann. Am J Health Syst Pharm, September 1, 2010 67:1406-1410.
- Locating prescriptions in pharmacy databases. Mark W. Smith, Shuo Chen, and Andrew M. Siroka. Am J Health Syst Pharm, July 15, 2010 67:1152-1155.
- Implementation of intelligent infusion technology in a multihospital setting. Michelle Dusing Wiest, Lisa Longshore, and Nicole Harger. Am J Health Syst Pharm, June 1, 2010 67:878-883.
- Interoperable health information exchange between medication therapy management services and the medical home. Helen L. Figge. Am. J. Health Syst. Pharm., Feb 2010; 67: 190 - 191.
- Alert fatigue. Jared J. Cash. Am. J. Health Syst. Pharm., Dec 2009; 66: 2098 - 2101.
- Use of a tablet personal computer to enhance patient care on multidisciplinary rounds. Michael Cockerham. Am. J. Health Syst. Pharm., Nov 2009; 66: 1909 - 1911.
- Informatics in clinical instruction. Valerie Oji, Charlene Offiong, and Chinyere Oji. Am. J. Health Syst. Pharm., Oct 2009; 66: 1694 - 1699.
- Electronic prescribing of controlled substances. Helen L. Figge, Brent I. Fox, and Dennis A. Tribble. Am. J. Health Syst. Pharm., Jul 2009; 66: 1311 - 1316.
- Print-stream interfaces. Dennis A. Tribble. Am. J. Health Syst. Pharm., Jun 2009; 66: 990 - 991.
- Whither pharmacy informatics. Dennis A. Tribble, John Poikonen, Jerry Blair, and Denny C. Briley. Am. J. Health Syst. Pharm., May 2009; 66: 813 - 815.
- Overview of Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol communications. Dennis A. Tribble. Am. J. Health Syst. Pharm., Mar 2009; 66: 446 - 448.
- Interfaces 101: Unidirectional and bidirectional information exchange. Dennis A. Tribble. Am. J. Health Syst. Pharm., Feb 2009; 66: 214 - 223.
- Electronic prescribing in the ambulatory care setting. Helen L. Figge. Am. J. Health Syst. Pharm., Jan 2009; 66: 16 - 18.
- Bar-code medication administration: A systems perspective. Ronald Schneider, Jonathan Bagby, and Russ Carlson. Am. J. Health Syst. Pharm., Dec 2008; 65: 2216 - 2219.
- A new term for transcribing. John Poikonen. Am. J. Health Syst. Pharm., Oct 2008; 65: 1801 - 1802.
- Pharmacy informatics: Aligning for success. Mark H. Siska and Gerald E. Meyer. Am. J. Health Syst. Pharm., Aug 2008; 65: 1410 - 1411.
- Sharing experiences with information technology. Brent I. Fox, John Poikonen, and Karl Gumpper. Am. J. Health Syst. Pharm., Jun 2008; 65: 1012 – 1014