Formulary management guiding principles for automated systems.

Purpose: Structural and financial changes in US healthcare are the driving forces reshaping care delivery and the technologies that clinicians use in their practice. Structural-level changes in healthcare organizations bringing facilities varying in size, systems, and complexity under the new integrated care delivery networks create unprecedented challenges. This paper develops guiding principles for formulary management in automated systems that facilitate medication management and alignment of medication information technology (IT) solutions in healthcare organizations ranging in size from a single facility to very large enterprise/multifacility networks.

Integrating pharmacogenomics into electronic health records with clinical decision support.

Purpose: Existing pharmacogenomic informatics models, key implementation steps, and emerging resources to facilitate the development of pharmacogenomic clinical decision support (CDS) are described.

Summary: Pharmacogenomics is an important component of precision medicine. Informatics, especially CDS in the electronic health record (EHR), is a critical tool for the integration of pharmacogenomics into routine patient care.

Eligibility requirements for advanced health informatics certification.

AMIA is leading the effort to strengthen the health informatics profession by creating an advanced health informatics certification (AHIC) for individuals whose informatics work directly impacts the practice of health care, public health, or personal health. The AMIA Board of Directors has endorsed a set of proposed AHIC eligibility requirements that will be presented to the future AHIC certifying entity for adoption. These requirements specifically establish who will be eligible to sit for the AHIC examination and more generally signal the depth and breadth of knowledge and experience expected from certified individuals.

ASHP national survey on informatics: assessment of the adoption and use of pharmacy informatics in U.S. hospitals-2013.

Purpose: Results of the 2013 ASHP national survey on informatics are presented.

Methods: Pharmacy directors from all types and sizes of U.S.

Implementation of the Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative within comprehensive cancer centers.

Purpose: The progress made by cancer centers across the United States adopting the goals and measures of the Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative (PPMI) was studied.

Methods: In collaboration with ASHP, the official PPMI hospital self-assessment (HSA) questionnaire and a 10-item supplemental survey specific to oncology pharmacy services were disseminated via e-mail to all 41 National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centers in the United States.

Results: The HSA results of 26 (63%) of the 41 institutions surveyed were included in the analysis.

ASHP national survey on informatics: assessment of the adoption and use of pharmacy informatics in U.S. hospitals--2007.

Purpose: Results of the 2007 ASHP national survey on informatics are presented.

Methods: All types and sizes of hospitals in the United States were included in the sample of 4112 pharmacy directors surveyed using an online data collection tool. The survey included over 300 data elements and was designed to assess the adoption and use of pharmacy informatics and technology within the medication-use process.