Use of an Innovative Pharmaceutical Class Scoring Tool for Prioritized Annual Formulary Review.

Though The Joint Commission requires health systems perform annual formulary review, guidance for how to perform this review is lacking. Published methods include comprehensive review of all pharmaceutical classes; however, this approach may not be the most efficient or effective option for a health system with a large formulary. To create a prioritization system for annual formulary review through development of a pharmaceutical class scoring tool.

Optimization of REMS Program Compliance in a Large Academic Health System.

Ensuring compliance with all applicable Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) programs within a health system is challenging. These FDA-mandated programs are numerous, unique, and ever-changing. Actions require several stakeholders and moving parts.

Implementation and Evaluation of Near-Peer Facilitated Journal Club Activities in a Required MLE Course Series.

To describe and evaluate the implementation of multiple, content-integrated journal club activities into a large, required medical literature evaluation (MLE) two-semester course series using near-peer student facilitators. Using near-peer, third-year (P3) students as a significant source of instructional personnel, 10 journal club activities were incorporated annually into the second-year (P2) MLE series. Activities included preparation, quiz, journal club, and debriefing.