The main focus of this Section Advisory Group (SAG) will be on medication ordering (CPOE), clinical decision support systems (CDSS), and sharing of clinical data between electronic systems.
Leadership
Chair
Trinh Le, MS, FASHP
Pharmacy Clinical Manager
UNC Healthcare
Chapel Hill, NC
Vice-Chair
Franklin P. Crownover, B.S. Pharm, M.S.H.I.
Pharmacy Informatics Coordinator
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Committee Rosters
SAG Charges
- Support pharmacy involvement in “Meaningful Use”
- Develop recommendations on the content of Clinical Decision Support (CDS) for medication ordering and dispensing systems
- Educate regarding considerations and process to create and implement CDS rules
- Identify sites in which pharmacists are using data to enhance practice (PPMI), for surveillance, to add efficiency to rounding models, for clinical drug use changes and quality monitoring.
- Continue to define pharmacy informatics roles and responsibilities
- Promote original research within clinical information systems and patient safety
Active Projects
- Survey on Clinical Decision Support Alerts and Alert Fatigue
- Draft ASHP Statement on the Role of Pharmacy Technicians in Informatics
Completed Projects