A framework for graduate and postgraduate specialty pharmacy training.

Purpose: There is a growing need for specialty pharmacy leaders within integrated delivery networks (IDNs). Traditional training for students and residents has not met the demand for pharmacy leaders in this space. This article describes the partnership between UW Health (UWH) and the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy (UWSOP) in developing a specialty pharmacy elective course at UWSOP and in creating a postgraduate residency training program at UWH.

A framework to increase prescription capture from health-system clinics.

Purpose: To develop and implement an interprofessional framework to increase the capture of health system-generated prescriptions within health system-owned pharmacies.

Summary: Low prescription capture rates within a health system's internal pharmacies led to an interdisciplinary process improvement effort. A framework was developed to assess the baseline prescription capture rate, select clinics for improvement, understand clinic workflows and key drivers of pharmacy selection, design strategies to increase prescription capture, implement targeted efforts, and measure the effectiveness of the intervention(s).

Emergency department discharge prescription interventions by emergency medicine pharmacists.

Study Objective: We determine the rate and details of interventions associated with emergency medicine pharmacist review of discharge prescriptions for patients discharged from the emergency department (ED). Additionally, we evaluate care providers' satisfaction with such services provided by emergency medicine pharmacists.

Methods: This was a prospective observational study in the ED of an academic medical center that serves both adult and pediatric patients.