August 6th, 2008
SEHS Pharmacy Opens
The Student and
Employee Health (SEHS) Pharmacy satellite opened Monday in the
new University Health Services building (830 South Limestone), room
129. This pharmacy serves the UK student population and UK employees
for Workers Care related prescriptions and is open Monday through
Friday 8AM to 5:30 PM. The pharmacy also has OTC and sundry items
available for self selection.
July 29th, 2008
Tom Smith - Pharmacist
of the Year
Congratulations to Tom Smith, RPh, Night
Shift Pharmacist, Central Pharmacy, who was selected as the UK
HealthCare Pharmacist of the Year (Robert P. Rapp Award). Tom was
selected based upon his longstanding commitment to providing
exemplary service on nights to UK HealthCare patients along with a
great team of co-workers. Thanks for leading us to 24/7 "Best
Practices"! Presentation of award (mortar and pestle) was made at
the 2007 UK HealthCare Pharmacy Services Annual Report.
July 23rd, 2008
Karla Bertagnole - Pharmacy
Technician of the Year
Congratulations to Karla Bertagnole, CPhT, Technician Supervisor at
the Kentucky Clinic Pharmacy (KCP) who was selected as the UK
HealthCare Pharmacy Technician of the Year. Karla was selected based
upon her outstanding service to patients and staff of the KCP,
another demonstration of a "Best Practice".
Presentation of award (mortar and pestle) was made at the 2007 UK
HealthCare Pharmacy Services Annual Report.
July
22nd, 2008
New Associate Director
of Pharmacy Services
Congratulations to
Robert Kuhn, Pharm.D., Professor of Pharmacy Practice and now
Associate Director of Pharmacy Services for Kentucky Children’s
Hospital. Due to the need to have pharmacotherapy issues addressed
to the highest level, Bob has assumed administrative
responsibilities for the Kentucky Children’s Hospital Pharmacy.
Please congratulate Bob, a familiar face, with a strong history of
service to our pediatric population, with a new leadership role.
June 30th, 2008
Macaulay - Residency
Preceptor of the Year
Congratulations to Tracy Macaulay, Pharm.D., BCPS who
was selected the 2008 UK Pharmacy Residency Preceptor of the Year.
This award is given to the UK Pharmacy Preceptor who has
demonstrated continued interaction and involvement with the
residency and who freely serves as an educator, mentor, and advisor to
all residents. A list of past winners and all
UK Residency Awards
can be found on the Pharmacy Residency Programs'
website.
June
11th, 2008
KPhA Pharmacist of the Year - Smith
Congratulations to Kelly
Smith, Pharm.D., BCPS, FASHP, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs,
Director of Residency Program Advancement at the UK College of
Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacist Specialist in Medication Use Policy
for being selected as the
Kentucky
Pharmacists Association (KPhA) 2008 Pharmacist of the Year. She
is to be presented the honor for her service to patients and the
profession during the 130th Annual KPhA Meeting in Lexington on June
20.
May 29th,
2008
UK Healthcare
Pharmacy Intern Program
The
creation of an organized Pharmacy Intern Program will serve many
purposes for UK Pharmacy students and UK Healthcare patients. Goals
include incorporating Pharmacy students practicing as Pharmacy
Interns and extending clinical pharmacy services to a broader range
of patients. Pharmacy Intern Program Director, Lori Proeschel,
Pharm D, BCPS, will be leading this program designed to introduce
Pharmacy Interns to health-systems practice as well as serve as a
recruitment tool targeted for UK pharmacy students as potential UK
Healthcare pharmacy practitioners.
May 21st,
2008
USP
Chapter <797> Compliance Achieved
We are pleased to announce the completion of our Central Pharmacy Clean
Room Renovation Project. Our existing central pharmacy IV admixture
area has now been fully renovated into a separate ante room and a HEPA-filtered ISO Class 7 clean room. The clean room houses four ISO
Class 5 laminar airflow workbenches. All non-immediate use
compounded sterile products for adult patients in UK Chandler
Hospital are prepared within the clean room. We applaud the
adaptability and tenacity that has been displayed by our IV
compounding technicians and pharmacists as we’ve worked through the
phases of our renovation. Congratulations to the team involved!
May 14th,
2008
Hamlin - Creativity
Recognition
Congratulations
to Ann Hamlin, RPh, Associate Director of Pharmacy Services for
being nominated and receiving Honorable Mention for the
A.
Paul Nestor Creativity Award. Ann's nomination was submitted
based upon creativity relative to financial purchasing of
pharmaceuticals to reduce expenditures by over $100,000 per year.
Ann's nomination is another evidence of a Best Practice in providing
cost-effective medications to UKH patients.
April 21st,
2008
Introducing Our 2008-2009 Pharmacy Residents
Post-Graduate Year One (PGY1)
- A. Kendall Gross - University
of Georgia
- Daniel Johnson - University
of Kentucky
- Stephen Lemon - St. Louis
College of Pharmacy
- Katherine Malloy - Purdue
University
- Ryan Mynatt - University of
Kentucky
- Diana Yu - University of
California, San Francisco
Post-Graduate Year
Two (PGY2)
- Mike Farley, Pharm.D. -
Internal Medicine - University of Iowa
and St. Claire Regional Medical Center
- Amanda Geist, Pharm.D. -
Pediatrics - Duquesne University and
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System
- Anna Hitron, Pharm.D. -
Hematology/Oncology - University of
Kentucky and UCSF Medical Center
- William Russell Judd, Pharm.D.
-
Infectious Diseases - University of
Kentucky and UK HealthCare
- Deanna McMahon, Pharm.D. -
Critical Care - University of
California, San Francisco and University of Illinois at Chicago
- Tara McCabe, Pharm.D. -
Pediatrics - University of Rhode Island
and Massachusetts General Hospital
- Chris Paciullo, Pharm.D. -
Critical Care - University of Rhode
Island and Saint Joseph HealthCare
- Rachel Stratman, Pharm.D. -
Critical Care - St. Louis College of
Pharmacy and UK HealthCare
- Lisa Thompson, Pharm.D. -
Hematology/Oncology - University of
Kentucky and UK HealthCare
- Ann Wiesner, Pharm.D. -
Ambulatory Care - University of South
Carolina and UK HealthCare
- Scott Wirth, Pharm.D. -
Hematology/Oncology - University of
Illinois at Chicago and UK HealthCare
March
31st,
2008
Supply Chain Excellence
Congratulations to UK personnel in being recognized in the 2008 UHC
Supply Chain Excellence Collaborative. The University of Kentucky
Hospital (supply, pharmacy, cardiology, and surgical services expense
management) was recognized by the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC)
for its leadership in supply chain management (view
metrics). Essential components of
this success include: engaged leadership, physician support, a culture
of shared purpose and ownership, data-driven decision making, management
of and strategic relationships with vendors and use of UHC's supply
chain services, including group purchasing contracts, spend analytics,
and networking with other academic medical centers. Another Best
Practice!
March
26th,
2008
Pharmacy Resident Selected Resident of the
Month - April 2008
Congratulations
to Julia Ho, Pharm.D., (R#339) who has been selected the UK HealthCare
Resident of the Month for April 2008. Over 500 House Staff members are
eligible for this award. Julia was selected for working well with all
disciplines and for working tirelessly to improve the lives of children
in the Kentucky Children's Hospital. Her willingness to go the extra
mile and assuring that patient care is at the highest level was sited.
The selection of Julia as the April award winner was made by the UK
Resident of the Month Committee. Visit the
Pharmacy
Residency website to meet Julia and all of our current residents!
February 29th,
2008
Dunn
Selected for ACC Committee
Congratulations to Steven Dunn, Pharm.D., BCPS for being selected to serve on the American College of
Cardiology (ACC) Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Committee
(2008-2011). The mission of the American College of Cardiology is to
advocate for quality cardiovascular care through education, research
promotion, development and application of standards and guidelines.
Please wish Dr. Dunn congratulations as he assists the ACC improve the
quality of cardiovascular care.
January 27th,
2008
Eubanks Receives Hospital
Award
Congratulations to Jonathan Eubanks, CPhT, Central Pharmacy IV
Technician, for being awarded the UK Hospital Core Value Award for
Accountability for January 2008.
A medical staff member supported his recognition through
a nomination. Congratulations Jonathan for demonstrating Accountability
in your daily service to our patients and staff
January 14th, 2008
Pharmacy
Upgrades to Pyxis® 3500
Thanks to a team of talented individuals from
Pharmacy Services, Information Technology and Cardinal Health, a
successful conversion to Pyxis® 3500 was made the week of January 7,
2008. This conversion upgrades UK Hospital’s Pyxis application. Pyxis®
3500 maintains the same user friendly touch screen features of the Pyxis®
3000 while also providing one of the most secure information technology
environments currently available. Special thanks to our own UK Pharmacy
Services Pyxis Administrator, John Baechler, CPhT for his instrumental
role in this and every Pyxis related project implementation.
January 13th,
2008
New Residency Program Directors (RPDs)
Congratulations to
George
Davis, PharmD, BCPS on becoming the
PGY1
(Pharmacy Practice) Residency Program Director for UK HealthCare
Pharmacy Residency Programs and to
Dan
Lewis, PharmD, BCPS for becoming the Residency Program Director for
the PGY2 -
Adult Internal Medicine Residency Program Director. Residents and
preceptors look forward to their leadership in residency training in
these RPD positions.
January 3rd,
2008
New Board
Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialists
Congratulations
to Timothy Clifford, Pharm.D., BCPS, George Davis, Pharm.D., BCPS, Tracy
Macaulay, Pharm.D., BCPS, Trenika Mitchell, Pharm.D., BCPS, and Kelly
Smith, Pharm.D., BCPS who have
recently become
Board Certified
Pharmacotherapy Specialists. This unique designation
awarded through examination by the
Board of Pharmaceutical
Specialties recognizes the Best Practices of these five pharmacotherapy experts.
January 2nd,
2008
Magnuson
Achieves Board Certification in
Nutrition Support
Congratulations to
Barbara Magnuson, Pharm.D., BCNSP, Coordinator of the
Nutrition Support Service and Associate Professor in
the College of Pharmacy for once again becoming a
Board Certified Nutrition Support Pharmacist. This unique designation
awarded through examination by the
Board of Pharmaceutical
Specialties recognizes the Best Practices of this pharmacy
nutrition support expert.
December 20th,
2007
New Board
Certified Oncology Pharmacists
Congratulations to Hetalkumari Patel, Pharm.D., BCOP
and David Eckmann, Pharm.D., BCOP, Clinical Staff Pharmacists in the
Markey Cancer Center for becoming
Board Certified Oncology Pharmacists. This unique designation
awarded through examination by the
Board of Pharmaceutical
Specialties recognizes the Best Practices of these two pharmacy
oncology experts.
November 20th,
2007
ASHP Foundation
Award for Residency Excellence
Congratulations to all
the residents, preceptors, staff and administration of the University of
Kentucky (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency Programs for being awarded the
2007 Program Award for Excellence in Residency Training by the
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Foundation. The
award will be presented at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting in Las
Vegas in December. This award represents national recognition of the
longstanding success of the pharmacy residency programs at the
University of Kentucky and is a testimony to the past, present and
future of UK residency training jointly sponsored by UK Hospital and the
UK College of Pharmacy.
November
15th,
2007
Cook and Vincent Honored by KSHP
Congratulations to Aaron Cook, Pharm.D., BCPS and Will Vincent, Pharm.D.
for their KSHP (Kentucky Society of Health-System Pharmacists) Awards!
Dr. Cook, Neurosurgery/Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, was
named KSHP Pharmacist of the Year
for his practice and volunteer efforts. Dr. Vincent, PGY2 Pharmacy
Resident, was named
KSHP Resident of the Year for his
practice and public health/volunteer work (Salvation Army Clinic and
mission trip to Haiti). Thanks for your leadership and community
contributions!
November 4th,
2007
eMAR Goes Live
After
a successful eMAR pilot program on 5South and CCU, the electronic
medication administration record (eMAR) went live for all adult patients
this past week. Kentucky Children's Hospital will complete
inpatient implementation on November 6. Electronic documentation
of medication administration is now made in Sunrise™
Clinical Manager (SCM; Eclipsys Corp.). Special thanks to Gary Coutts, R.Ph., Clinical System Coordinator, ICIS
Projects as well as the support and effort of hundreds of nursing,
pharmacy and IT personnel.
October 30th,
2007
UK at PPAG in Virginia
UK Pharmacists/Residents (Kristi
Southers, Pharm.D., Whitney Tucker (formerly Galloway) Pharm.D., Kim
Deady Pharm.D., Zach Ramsey Pharm.D. and Robert Kuhn Pharm.D.) presented
three abstracts at the Pediatric Pharmacy Advisory Group (PPAG)
meeting
in Portsmouth, VA in September. In addition, Dr. Kuhn was presented the
inaugural offering of the PPAG President’s Citation Award for his
outstanding leadership and service to the PPAG. Great expectations,
great care, great outcomes! Another Best Practice!
October 12th,
2007
ACCP PRN Officers
Congratulations
to Daniel Lewis, Pharm.D., BCPS and Philip Empey, Pharm.D., Ph.D., BCPS
on being elected to American College of Clinical Pharmacy
(ACCP), Practice and
Research Network (PRN) offices for Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics.
Dan (Secretary/Treasurer) and Phil (Chair-Elect) will assume the
responsibilities of these positions at the ACCP Annual Meeting in Denver
next week.
October 4th,
2007
Infectious Disease Pharmacy Residency - Accredited by ASHP
Congratulations
to Craig Martin, Pharm.D., BCPS, Residency Director of the Infectious
Disease Pharmacy Residency (PGY2) conducted by the University of
Kentucky which has been accredited by the
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. The Infectious
Disease Residency joins previously accredited UK pharmacy residency
programs in Pharmacy Practice (PGY1), Critical Care (PGY2), Oncology
(PGY2), Pediatrics (PGY2) and Primary Care (PGY2)
September 21th,
2007
ASHP Officers
Congratulations
to Kelly Smith, Pharm.D., FASHP and John Armitstead, MS, RPh, FASHP for
their elections to significant offices in the
American Society of
Health-System Pharmacists. Kelly has been elected Chair-Elect of the
ASHP Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists. John has been
elected to the ASHP Board of Directors for a three year term starting in
June. Thanks for representing the University of Kentucky at the national
level for pharmacy.
August
20th,
2007
Award Winning Practices
Congratulations to Kristi Southers, Pharm.D. who was selected as the
winner of the Robert P. Rapp Best Practice Award (UK HealthCare
Pharmacist of the Year), and Dawn Ross who was selected as the UK
HealthCare Pharmacy Technician of the Year. Presentation of awards
(mortars and pestles) were made at the 2007 UK HealthCare Pharmacy
Services Annual Report, both demonstrate "Best Practices".
August 10th,
2007
Pharmacy Services Goes to Camp
Several
members of our pharmacy staff recently participated in
Indian Summer Camp,
Kentucky’s camp for kids with cancer. Over 80 children 6-17 years of age
who have or have had cancer attended, along with nearly 50 volunteers.
Nina Farhoudi, Pharm.D. coordinated the safe and efficient
provision of pharmacy services. Also lending a hand were April
Anderson, Pharm.D., Julia Ho, Pharm.D., Bojana Stevich, Pharm.D., Angie
Bachtel, CPhT, and several UK pharmacy students. Aaron
Cook, Pharm.D. also spent his 8th year at camp as a counselor.
Congratulations on a great job in leading the way to improving
medication safety in a hectic environment and helping to give the
campers a break from their illness and let them just be kids for a
while!
July 31th,
2007
Winstead - Residency Preceptor of
the Year
Congratulations to P. Shane Winstead, Pharm.D. who was selected the 2007
UK Pharmacy Residency Preceptor of the Year. This award is given to the
UK Pharmacy Preceptor who has demonstrated continued interaction and
involvement with the residency and freely serves as an educator, mentor,
and advisor to all residents. A list of past winners and all UK
Residency Awards can be found on the
Pharmacy Residency Programs' website.
July 9th,
2007
Core Value Recognition Award
Congratulations
to Dawn Ross for receiving the University of Kentucky Hospital Core
Value Recognition Award - Sense of Urgency for July 2007. Dawn
Ross was nominated by her colleagues and demonstrates the "Best
Practice" in her provision of care based from the Central Pharmacy. Her
longstanding practice has been a true to staff hospital-wide. Dawn, your
commitment to pharmaceutical care for over 36 years is highly valued.
July 8th,
2007
AutoCarouselTM Operational
Congratulations to the team of individuals
for successful implementation of the
Talyst AutoCarouselTM. The AutoCarouselTM automates the drug
storage and retrieval process while providing up to a 50% space
reduction for medication storage. It also ushers in the bar code era for
inpatient pharmacy services. The AutoCarouselTM Pharmacy team
included: Ann Hamlin, Brenda Jones, Paulette Bryan, John Baechler, Jane
White, Srikant Rajan, Becky Reagan, Pat Dunn, Kimberley Hite, Brian
Howell, Donna Marie Brown and Brian Garland.
July 8th,
2007
Appreciative Inquiry Award
Congratulations to Kimberley Hite, Pharm.D., MS for being
awarded the UK Nursing Appreciative Inquiry Award for 2007. This
interdisciplinary award from UK Nursing Services distinguished Kimberley
as a collaborative partner in designing "Best Practices". Appreciative
Inquiry involves systematic discovery of what gives “life” to a living
system when it is most alive, most effective, and most constructively
capable in economic, ecological, and human terms. It involves, in
a central way, the art and practice of asking questions that strengthen
a system’s capacity to apprehend, anticipate, and heighten positive
potential. Congratulations Kimberley for being sewn into the Quilt of
Teamwork!
June 20th,
2007
Introducing Our 2007-2008 Pharmacy Residents
Post-Graduate
Year One (PGY1)
- Nicole Brogden - The University of Iowa
- William Russell Judd - University of
Kentucky
- Rachel Stratman - St. Louis College of
Pharmacy
- Lisa Thompson - University of Kentucky
- Ann Wiesner - University of South Carolina
- Scott Wirth - University of Illinois at Chicago
Post-Graduate
Year Two (PGY2)
- April Anderson -
Pediatrics - Virginia Commonwealth/Medical College of
Virginia and UK Healthcare
- Emily Borders -
Hematology/Oncology - The University of Oklahoma and
University of Oklahoma
- Mark Cox - Critical
Care - University of Montana and UK Healthcare
- Julia Ho -
Pediatrics - University of Kentucky and UK Healthcare
- Katie Mieure -
Critical Care - Drake University and
UK Healthcare
- Bojana Stevich -
Hematology/Oncology - Lake Erie College of Osteopathic
Medicine School of Pharmacy and University of Tennessee Medical
Center of Knoxville
- Veena Venugopalan -
Infectious Diseases - University of Kentucky and UK Healthcare
- Will Vincent -
Critical Care - Rutgers University and UK Healthcare
- Sommer Zarbock -
Internal Medicine -
University of Colorado and UK Healthcare
June 10th,
2007
Andrews Elected to Women's Forum
Dorathea
Andrews, Pharm.D. has been elected to the University of Kentucky Women's
Forum. The mission of the UK Women's Forum Board is to exert a
leadership role empowering, validating, informing, including, and
celebrating all women employed at UK. Dr. Andrews two-year term will begin
July 1, 2007. Congratulations on this additional leadership role
for a leading pharmacist.
June 9th,
2007
Evans Selected
Commander
Tim Evans, Pharm.D. Clinical Staff Pharmacist, Central Pharmacy, UK
HealthCare and Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve has been selected
Commander of the 7241st Medical Support Unit. This Reserve medical unit
is comprised of medical specialists whose mission is to support Army
Medical Centers and provide trained medical personnel to deploying
units. LTC Evans has 20 years of service with the Army Reserve,
previously serving as Executive Officer of 5th Medical Group Birmingham,
AL.
May 8th,
2007
Smith Recognized by ASHP
Congratulations to
Kelly Smith, Pharm.D., FASHP, Associate Professor and Clinical Pharmacist
Specialist who has been named a Fellow of the American Society of
Health-System Pharmacists (San Francisco, June 2007). The FASHP
designation recognizes excellence in pharmacy practice and promotes
public awareness of pharmacists who have distinguished themselves in
their professional careers.
April 30th,
2007
Piecoro - One of the World's First Clinical
Pharmacists Retires from UK
John
Piecoro, Pharm.D. will be retiring from the University of Kentucky College
of Pharmacy in June 2007. John has had a 38 year career with the
University of Kentucky and served as one of the world's first clinical
pharmacists at the University of Kentucky Hospital, practicing in
Pediatrics. John has been serving as Professor at the University of
Kentucky College of Pharmacy and is retired as a Colonel for the
Kentucky Army National Guard after more than 28 years of service. Best
wishes in his retirement may be e-mailed to John at
piecoro@email.uky.edu
April 27th,
2007
Venugopalan Wins James Rhodes Award
Veena Venugopalan, Pharm.D. (R#332), was awarded the James Rhodes Award
for 2007 from the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. The award
is for either a PY4 Pharmacy Student or PGY1 Resident at UK who was a UK
College of Pharmacy graduate. The selection is based upon demonstration
of a consistent commitment to clinical pharmacy practice. The candidate
should be of outstanding moral character and viewed as consistently
honest and trustworthy by peers. Congratulations Veena!
March 13th,
2007
Julia Ho Recieves Hospital Award
Congratulations
to Julia Ho, Pharm.D., Kentucky Children's Hospital Clinical Staff
Pharmacist for being awarded the UK Hospital Core Value Award for
Accountability for March 2007. Julia was nominated by Kentucky
Children’s Hospital nursing staff who applauded her responsive and
thorough provision of care that she provides with the assistance of
outstanding technicians and pharmacists at Kentucky Children's Hospital.
Congratulations to Julia, another example of a "Best Practice"!
February 22nd,
2007
Pharmacy Resident Selected Resident of the
Month - March 2007
Congratulations
to April Miller, Pharm.D. who has been selected the UK
HealthCare Resident of the Month for
March 2007. Approximately 500 House Staff members are eligible for this
award. April was saluted for her ability to advance the clinical care of
patients, as well as for her education of medical/surgical residents,
interns and medical students. In her nomination it was also noted that
her provision of vital information on rounds makes the team run
smoothly. The selection of April as the March award winner was made by
the UK Resident of the Month Committee. Visit the
Pharmacy
Residency website to meet April and all of our current residents!
February 8th,
2007
Core
Value Recognition Award
Congratulations to Randy Williams for receiving the University of
Kentucky Hospital Core Value Recognition Award - Sense of Urgency for
February 2007. Randy Williams, CPhT, was nominated by nursing colleagues
and demonstrates the "Best Practice" in his provision of care at the
Markey Cancer Center Inpatient Pharmacy. Randy, your commitment to our
oncology patients is greatly appreciated.
February 1st,
2007
Taylor and Andrews
Lead the Blue Grass
Congratulations to Christina
B. Taylor, PharmD, BCPS and Charity Dorathea Andrews, PharmD, Clinical
Staff Pharmacists at UK HealthCare as they both hold Presidential
Offices in the Blue Grass Pharmacists Association. Christy currently
serves as President and Dorathea serves as President-Elect of this
KPhA
affiliated chapter. We know their leadership in Central Kentucky will
lead to excellence for all Kentucky pharmacists.
January
7th,
2007
Cook, Jones, Lewis, Martin and Taylor Achieve
Board Certification
Congratulations to Aaron Cook, PharmD, BCPS, Mandy Jones,
PharmD, BCPS, Dan Lewis, PharmD, BCPS, Craig Martin, PharmD, BCPS and
Christy Taylor, PharmD, BCPS. who have become certified as Specialists
in Pharmacotherapy by the
Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties.
October 30th,
2006
WORx AC® Go Live Complete
The
Kentucky Clinic Pharmacy has
implemented the WORx AC® outpatient pharmacy prescription software.
Thanks to Kentucky Clinic Pharmacy pharmacists, technicians, patient
accounts and MCIS staff for their contributions in this process. Over
1,000 prescriptions orders were filled on day one, and although lines
were a bit longer than usual, our patients will gain from this pharmacy
software with enhanced functionality, efficiency and security.
October 5th,
2006
Pharmacy
Administration Relocated
After over thirty years in the C building of the hospital, Pharmacy
Administration and related offices have been relocated to H110 (and
nearby offices). The new location houses staff for pharmacy
administration and medication safety as well as offices for clinical
pharmacist specialists in cardiology, medication use policy, infectious
disease, emergency medicine, internal medicine/therapeutic drug
monitoring; the chief pharmacy resident and pediatric pharmacy
residents.
October 5, 2006
Markey Outpatient Infusion Pharmacy Opens - Second
Floor
After only three years on the first floor of the Whitney Hendrickson
Building, the increasing demands for outpatient oncology pharmacy
services have necessitated the construction of the second floor
outpatient infusion pharmacy satellite. The satellite opened on
August 14th and construction is near complete to allow for doubling of
patient care capacity for this Markey Cancer Center service.
September
25, 2006
A New Day is
Dawning for Heart Care
Please welcome two new Clinical Pharmacist Specialists (CPSs) in new
positions joining UK Pharmacy Services to provide the "Best Practice" in
the Gill Heart Institute. Tracy Macaulay, Pharm.D. and Steven Dunn,
Pharm.D. will provide patient service, education and research services
for cardiology patients.
August 31, 2006
New Micromedex®
and Online Formulary Enhancements Released
The
latest version of Micromedex®
featuring significant improvements to the IV compatibility module and
overall functionality is now available. It is accessible via the
toolbar on the left or through new integration with our
Online Formulary. Search the
formulary through this website or by clicking on the "item info" button
within Sunrise Clinical Manager™
to take advantage of one-click access to additional drug information
from Micromedex® or Drugs@FDA!
August 28, 2006
Ball
Appointed to UHC Committee
Congratulations to Amanda Ball, Pharm.D., Critical Care Specialty
Resident, who was selected by the
University HealthSystem
Consortium to serve on a Pharmacy Council Committee. Amanda was
selected as a resident member of the Physician Pharmacy Practice
Committee. This committee has Best Practice goals in the areas of
physician pharmacy collaboration, professional training and development,
formulary development and multidisciplinary communication.
July 30,
2006
Kuhn Receives National Recognition
Congratulations to
Robert
Kuhn, Pharm.D.
recognized as a Distinguished Practitioner in the
National Academies of Practice in Pharmacy. The
National
Academies of Practice is composed of ten academies representing
health care practice in the areas of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing,
Optometry, Osteopathic Medicine, Pharmacy, Podiatric Medicine,
Psychology, Social Work and Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Kuhn will receive
his National Academies of Practice medallion at the NAP banquest in
Washington DC in November.
July 30,
2006
Toma Appointed to ASHP Advisory Group
Congratulations to
Meredith Toma, Pharm.D. on
appointment to the
ASHP New Practitioners Forum Membership Advisory
Group. This advisory group, established by the ASHP New Practitioners
Forum Executive Committee, is responsible for providing feedback and
suggestions to the Executive Committee regarding benefits and services
for ASHP new practitioner members.
July 29,
2006
Award
Winning Practices
Congratulations
to Robert Adams, CPhT and Donna Marie Brown, CPhT who were
selected as the UKCMC Pharmacy Technician(s) of the Year and Susanne
Liewer, Pharm.D., BCOP who was selected as the winner of the Robert
P. Rapp Best Practice Award (UKCMC Pharmacist of the Year).
Presentations were made at the 2006 UKCMC Pharmacy Services Annual
Report.
July 17,
2006
Stacking the Deck for Best Practices
Please welcome two new Clinical Pharmacist Specialists (CPSs) in new
positions joining UK Pharmacy Services to provide the "Best Practice" in
innovative areas:
George Davis, Pharm.D.
in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring assuring the quality of pharmacotherapy
to UK patients and Stephanie Sutphin, Pharm.D. the new CPS in
Oncology focusing on outpatient chemotherapy and associated treatment.
May 8,
2006
New Pharmacy Distribution Contract for UK
Hospital
The
University of Kentucky Hospital will be moving to a new pharmacy
distribution contract with Cardinal Health effective June 1, 2006.
Combining
Cardinal Health’s Pharmacy Distribution System with
Cardinal Health's Pyxis®
products and other related services will deliver direct benefits to UK
Hospital by providing tools to enhance productivity while significantly
reducing medication errors. The Knoxville, TN site will be used for
pharmacy distribution to UKH.
April 25,
2006
Hynniman - Second Director of Pharmacy -
Retires from UK
Clifford E. Hynniman, MS, RPh will be retiring
from the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy in June 2006.
Cliff has had a 37 year career with the University of Kentucky and
served as the second Director of Pharmacy Services at the University
of Kentucky Hospital from 1984-1989, succeeding Paul F. Parker.
Cliff has been serving as Associate Professor at the University of
Kentucky College of Pharmacy and is a Past President of the American
Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Best wishes in his retirement
may be e-mailed to Cliff at
hynnimac@email.uky.edu
April 12,
2006
Introducing Our 2006-2007 Pharmacy Residents
Post-Graduate
Year One (PGY1)
April
Anderson – Virginia Commonwealth University / Medical College of
Virginia
Mark
Cox – University of Montana
Katie
Mieure – Drake University
Veena
Venugopalan – University of Kentucky
Will
Vincent – Rutgers University
Sommer
Zarbock – University of Colorado
Post-Graduate
Year Two (PGY2)
Amanda
Ball, Pharm.D. (Critical Care) -
University of North Carolina and UK
Noelle
Daugherty, Pharm.D. (Primary Care)
- Ohio Northern University and UK
Kimberly
Deady, Pharm.D. (Pediatrics) –
University of Rhode Island and St. Joseph’s Hospital
April
Miller, Pharm.D. (Critical Care) -
University of North Carolina and UK
Marintha
Meckley, Pharm.D. (Critical Care) –
Purdue University and University of North Carolina
Adam
Pesaturo, Pharm.D. (Critical Care)
– University of Rhode Island and St. Joseph’s Hospital
Zach
Ramsey, Pharm.D. (Pediatrics) -
Virginia Commonwealth University and UK
Molly
Kent, Pharm.D. (Infectious Disease)
- University of Wisconsin and UK
Meredith
Toma, Pharm.D. (Hematology/Oncology)
- Ohio State University and UK
March 19,
2006
Zynx
EvidenceTM Now Available
UK
Hospital now has access to ZynxEvidenceTM,
an Internet-based product produced by Zynx Health Inc. that provides
evidence-based clinical content on "best practices" for
physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and allied health professionals.
With
ZynxEvidenceTM,
UKH can target the key drivers of clinical outcomes and costs and
implement evidence-based interventions to measurably improve the
quality of patient care. Access this new resource in the "Drug
Use Policy" section of this website.
March 18,
2006
New Associate
Director of Pharmacy Services
Rebecca Reagan, Pharm.D., graduate of the University of Tennessee (BS) and University
of Kentucky (Pharm.D.), has been selected as the
Associate Director of
Pharmacy Services - Central Pharmacy. In this new position,
Dr. Reagan
will be leading recruitment, training, USP 797 compliance, and
24/7/365 core operation of our services to UKH patients.
Please congratulate Becky, the winner of the 2003 Robert P. Rapp
Best Practice Award - UKCMC Pharmacist of the Year, in her new
position
as she joins the pharmacy management team.
March 13,
2006
Long Standing
Practice
Congratulations to Pharmacy
Technician Robert King
who recently celebrated his 40th
anniversary
at the University of
Kentucky Hospital. Robert is one of few who have practiced under
all four pharmacy directors at UKH. Although we know that Paul
Parker "invented" unit dose, we all know who was involved with
implementing it. Robert was awarded Technician of the Year
in 2003 and is still demonstrating the "Best Practice" in the
oral specials, compounding and prepackaging areas.
Congratulations for your long standing service Robert!
January
16th,
2006
Medication Reconciliation at UK Hospital
Effective
January 18, 2006 a
new procedure
will be established for conducting interdisciplinary medication
reconciliation in the patient medical record for University of
Kentucky Hospital inpatients. Physicians should no longer document
the medication history in the History and Physical form in the
patient medical record. Nurses should no longer document the
medication history in the Nursing Admission Assessment form. All
disciplines will document the medication history in the
Medication Reconciliation Database form which will be included
in all inpatient patient medical records. The process of
reconciliation includes verification of all current medications
being taken, clarification that the medication and dosing is
appropriate, ongoing or intentionally discontinued, and reconciled
to document changes in regimens.
January
8th,
2006
Craig Martin Named Clinician of the Year by
National Organization
The
Society of Infectious
Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP), an association of health
professionals dedicated to promoting the appropriate use of
antimicrobial agents, has presented
Craig Martin, Pharm.D., with the Clinician of the Year Award for
his work in antimicrobial management at UK Hospital. The award was
presented Dec. 20 at the annual SIDP meeting in Washington D.C.
Martin is Assistant Professor at the UK College of Pharmacy and
Infectious Diseases Clinical Specialist at the UK Chandler Medical
Center.
December 9th,
2005
Jeremy Flynn Achieves Board Certification
Congratulations to
Jeremy Flynn, Pharm.D.,
BCPS who has become certified as a Specialist in Pharmacotherapy by
the Board of
Pharmaceutical Specialties. Board-certified specialists on
the UK campus now include (name, specialty):
|
Adams, Val, Oncology |
Kolpek, Jimmi, Nutritional Support |
 |
|
Botts, Sheila,
Psychiatry |
Lane, Matthew, Pharmacotherapy |
|
Empey, Philip,
Pharmacotherapy |
Liewer, Susanne, Oncology |
|
Feola, David,
Pharmacotherapy |
Record, Kenneth, Pharmacotherapy
|
|
Flynn, Jeremy,
Pharmacotherapy |
Romanelli, Frank, Pharmacotherapy |
|
Jones, Mikael,
Pharmacotherapy |
Ryan, Melody, Pharmacotherapy |
December 7th,
2005
Armitstead Named the 2005 Clifton J. Latiolais
Award Recipient
Today
at the ASHP Midyear Meeting in Las Vegas,
John Armitstead, MS, RPh,
Director of Pharmacy Services, received the
Clifton J. Latiolais Award and presented to alumni, residents and
friends of The Ohio State University Masters/Residency Program. The
award is presented to distinguished graduates of the Ohio State program
for their contributions and dedication to pharmacy practice that was
both characteristic and important to Dr. Latiolais, the Director of
Pharmacy at OSU Hospitals from 1958-1983.
Congratulations to Mr. Armitstead for receiving this
significant and rewarding achievement.
December 6th,
2005
Yam Recognized
with ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Resident Health Services Grant Program
Congratulations to
Felix Yam, Pharm.D. for having his residency project selected as one of the winners
of the ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Resident Health Services Grant Program.
Teamed with faculty member Mikael Jones (R#299), Dr. Yam's project is
entitled, "Clinical Inertia: Time to Intervention of Critical A1C
Values in Two Primary Care Models for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes:
PharmacistCARE vs. Usual Care". Other faculty members involved in
the concept and design of the study include: Doug Steinke, Aimee Adams,
and the PharmacistCARE team (Holly Divine, Amy Nicholas and Carrie
Johnson).
November 11th,
2005
UK
Pharmacy Services Named Institution of the Year
The
University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center Pharmacy Services has
been awarded the Kentucky
Society of Health-System Pharmacists (KSHP)
Institution of the Year Award at the KSHP Fall Meeting. Activities
cited in making this determination were: Computer Prescriber Order Entry
(CPOE) support and implementation, Antimicrobial Management Team
activity and outcomes, ScriptPro automation implementation, Pyxis Cubie
and Ordered Medications Not Loaded (OMNL) program implementation, and
Counter Terrorism Training throughout the Commonwealth. The KSHP
Institution of the Year acknowledges the institution that develops and
implements state of the art processes to improve patient care and
contributes to the practice of pharmacy. Congratulations to the pharmacy
team!
November 11th,
2005
Smith Named
Pharmacist of the Year
Kelly M. Smith, Pharm.D.,
Associate Professor, Clinical Pharmacist Specialist and Director of the
Pharmacy Practice Residency (PGY1) Program has been awarded the
Kentucky Society of
Health-System Pharmacists (KSHP) Pharmacist of the Year
Award for her leadership in drug information, adverse drug reaction
program development, residency preceptor skills, national and local
leadership, Pharm.D. student teaching and
training, presentations, and publications. Congratulations Kelly!
November 11th,
2005
Armitstead
Installed as President of KSHP
John Armitstead, MS, RPh, Director of Pharmacy Services and
Assistant Dean of Medical Center Pharmacy Services has been installed as
President of the Kentucky
Society of Health-System Pharmacists (KSHP)
for 2005-2006. John's inaugural speech focused on the 2015 Vision and
the need to move from Your Patients, Your Practice, Your Health-System
and Your Profession to Our Patients, Our Practices, Our Health-Systems
and Our Profession. The basis of this vision is the
ASHP 2015 Initiative.
August 14th,
2005
Richard
Griffieth Named Employee of the Month
Congratulations to Richard Griffieth, R.Ph., for being selected as the UK Hospital Employee of the
Month for August 2005. Richard was selected for the outstanding
service he provides to patients of the University of Kentucky Hospital
through his long term service on the night shift. Excellent
service continues to be provided 24/7 thanks to Richard and the night
shift pharmacy team. Congratulations to Richard,
another example of a "Best Practice"!
August 7th,
2005
Faculty Member
Leading Residency Training Nationally
Congratulations to
Kelly M. Smith, Pharm.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacy, Director of the Drug
Information Center, and Pharmacy Practice Residency Program Director at
the University of Kentucky for her appointment as Chair of the American
Society of Health-System Pharmacists Commission on Credentialing
(2005-2006). The Commission on Credentialing is responsible for
accreditation of more than 800 pharmacy residency and technician
training programs throughout the United States.
July 30th,
2005
Award
Winning Practices
Congratulations to Gayle Banks, CPhT
who was selected as the UKCMC Pharmacy Technician of the Year and
David Eckmann, Pharm.D. who was selected as the winner of the Robert
P. Rapp Best Practice Award (UKCMC Pharmacist of the Year).
Presentations were made at the 2005 UKCMC Pharmacy Services Annual
Report.
July 22th,
2005
Kentucky Clinic Pharmacy Awarded KADAP Contract
On July 1, 2005 the
Kentucky Clinic
Pharmacy began exclusive service to a state-wide network through the
Kentucky AIDS Drug Assistance Program (KADAP). KADAP is a Ryan White Grant program administered by the
HIV/AIDS
Branch of the Kentucky Department for Public Health that provides
medications to HIV positive individuals who could not otherwise afford
them. The service consists of preparation and
dispensing of KADAP formulary medications, counseling and education
services, compliance counseling and tracking and mail order service for
delivery when requested.
July 12th,
2005
Freml
named as the Rufus A. Lyman Award Recipient
Today at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Annual
Meeting in Cincinnati, Jared Freml, Pharm.D., Oncology Pharmacy Practice
Resident, and his colleagues from the University of Iowa were honored as
the 2005 recipients of the Rufus A. Lyman Award. This award
is selected annually by the AACP Board of Directors to recognize the
most notable original research or scholarly work published in the
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education in the preceding year.
July 4th,
2005
CPOE
Implemented in Kentucky Children's Hospital and PACU
On
June 15, 2005, the UK Healthcare team successfully implemented our Computerized Provider Order Entry system (CPOE)
in the Kentucky
Children's Hospital and in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), completing
inpatient implementation of CPOE. Thanks to all those involved in this
successful launch!
June 26th,
2005
Pager
Text Messaging Tool Expanded to Include Unit Liaisons
We've
expanded our Pager Text Messaging Tool to include the Unit Liaisons as
well as the pharmacists. By using this tool available on the
Contact Us page, you can now send a text
message for missing medications, pyxis issues and deliveries. Of
course you can continue to utilize the current pagers by phone if would
like to speak with the Pharmacist or Unit Liaison for your area, but we
believe this new system will make your simple communications more
efficient.
June 23rd,
2005
Nutrition
Support Service Now Online
We're
pleased to present another new section of our website. The Nutrition
Support Service (NSS) is a multidisciplinary service designed to assist
University of Kentucky physicians in prescribing parenteral and enteral
nutrition support. Click "Services" on the menu to the left to
explore guidelines, the UK Adult Nutrition Support Manual, the enteral
formulary, contact information, and additional resources.
May 24th,
2005
Training/Assessment
Program for Compounding of Sterile Preparations Online
This program, recently
presented by Philip Trapskin, Pharm.D. at the Spring Meeting of the
Kentucky Society of Health-System Pharmacists presents the USP 797
standards related to training and assessment. Based on the successful
program implemented at UK Hospital, it provides practical approaches for
the development and implementation of programs at other institutions
through the files made available online. View the program in the new
Personnel Training section of the Pharmacy Resources
accessible via the menu on the left.
May 23rd,
2005
Kentucky Clinic Pharmacy
Registers New Domain Name
Kentucky
Clinic Pharmacy has registered a new, shorter web address to make our website even easier to find. Now
no more long addresses to remember! Visit us at
www.kyclinicpharmacy.com to refill your prescription, submit a
question to your pharmacist, fill out our patient satisfaction survey,
and to find other valuable information.
April 4th, 2005
Introducing Our 2005-2006
Pharmacy Residents!
Please welcome our new Pharmacy Practice Residents and new
and/or continuing residents in the specialty pharmacy areas. This
2005-2006 Pharmacy
Residency class will start July 1st.
Pharmacy Practice Residents
Amanda
Ball
University of North Carolina
Noelle
Daugherty Ohio Northern University
April
Miller University of North Carolina
Zach
Ramsey Virginia Commonwealth University
Molly
Kent University of Wisconsin
Meredith
Toma Ohio State University
Specialty Practice Residents
Jill
Blancett, Pharm.D. (Oncology)
UK and UK
Jared
Freml, Pharm.D. (Oncology)
University of Iowa and UK
Peter
Johnson, Pharm.D. (Pediatrics)
University of Mississippi and UK
Jane
Lee, Pharm.D. (Critical Care)
Butler University. and Health Alliance-Cincinnati
Kazumi
Morita, Pharm.D. (Infectious Diseases)
UK and UK
Stella
Papadopoulos, Pharm.D. (Critical Care)
Massachusetts COP and Duke
Josh
Rusinak, Pharm.D. (Critical Care)
University of Iowa and Rush University
Lisa
Taylor, Pharm.D. (Pediatrics)
University of Florida and UK
Felix
Yam, Pharm.D. (Primary Care)
University of Rhode Island and UK
March 2nd, 2005
CPOE Implemented for Majority of
UK Hospital
The
UK Healthcare team is proud to announce the implementation of our
Computerized Provider Order Entry system (CPOE) on an additional floors
and services. The Sunrise™
Clinical Manager client (SCM; Eclipsys Corp.) "Big Bang" implementation
was completed on March 1st with the addition of the following areas: 5E, 5W, 5S, 7E, 7W, 7S
floor, Burn Unit, SICU, TICU, MICU, Markey 2, Markey 3, and BMT.
Thanks to all those involved in this successful launch!
February 17th, 2005
Dr. Jimmi Hatton-Kolpek Recognized by
SCCM
The
Society of Critical Care
Medicine (SCCM) has recognized Jimmi Hatton-Kolpek, Pharm.D., FCCM as a Fellow
of the American College of Critical Care Medicine for fostering the
highest goals of multi-professional critical care medicine. Her
contributions to programs/systems, education and scholarship in critical
care have been known by her colleagues and now have been recognized on
a national basis, congratulations to Dr. Hatton!
February 10th, 2005
Exacta-Mix™ 2400 Compounder
Implemented
The
Exacta-Mix 2400™ Compounder
(Baxa Corp.) is an automated system that
delivers both micro and macro ingredients accurately for compounding of
Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) solutions. It handles 24 ingredients
with precision through easy to use touch-screen technology and accurately
delivers volumes as small as 0.2 mL. The EM2400 provides unprecedented
patient safety through ingredient verification and formula selection and
is now being used to prepare TPNs for the neonatal, pediatric, and adult
patient populations at UK Hospital.
January 30th, 2005
WORx Upgraded and SCM-WORx Interface Established
Pharmacy
Services completed a major upgrade to the pharmacy order entry
system (WORx; Mediware Inc.) and achieved a
milestone in Integrated
Clinical Information System (ICIS) project through the activation
of the unidirectional interface between these systems. Most
new pharmacy orders in the Sunrise™
Clinical Manager client are now electronically transferred for
pharmacist review! Thanks to pharmacists, technicians, Mediware (WORx) staff, ICIS staff, MCIS staff, Pyxis staff
and nursing staff for all their contributions in this process.
October 26th, 2004
CPOE Roll-out Continues, Additional
Services and Areas Now Online
The
UK Healthcare team is proud to announce the implementation of our
Computerized Provider Order Entry system (CPOE) on an additional
floors and services. The Sunrise™
Clinical Manager client (SCM; Eclipsys Corp.) went live on October
26th on the 6th floor, in the CCU, and in the CTICU including
patients on the Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Family
Medicine services.
October 7th, 2004
Antimicrobial
Management Program Wins National Best Practice Award
The
Antimicrobial Management Team, a
collaboration of the Infectious Diseases Division and Pharmacy
Services, received the
2004 Best Practices Award in Health-System Pharmacy for their
submission, Improving Antimicrobial Use at a University Hospital:
Results of the First Five Years of a Multidisciplinary Antimicrobial
Management Program. The award recognizes "outstanding
practitioners who have successfully implemented systems to improve
patient care and demonstrate best practices". It will be
presented at the Opening Session of the ASHP Midyear Clinical
Meeting in Orlando. Congratulations Dr. Craig Martin, Dr.
Ardis Hoven, and all those involved in this program!
September 14th, 2004
CPOE Expanded to Additional Areas,
Services
The
UK Healthcare team is proud to announce the implementation of our
Computerized Provider Order Entry system (CPOE) on an additional
floor/services. The Sunrise™
Clinical Manager client (SCM; Eclipsys Corp.) went live on September
14th on the 8th floor (Transplant, Neurology, Neurosurgery, and
Renal) and in the Neurosurgical ICU.
July 21st, 2004
Award
Winning Practices
Congratulations to Len Wright, CPhT
who was selected as the UKCMC Pharmacy Technician of the Year
and Julie Flynn, Pharm.D. who was selected as the winner of the
Robert P. Rapp Best Practice Award (UKCMC Pharmacist of the Year).
Presentations were made at the 2004 UKCMC Pharmacy Services Annual
Report.
July 21st, 2004
CPOE Goes Live, Enhancing Patient
Care Delivery
The
UK Healthcare team is proud to announce the arrival of our
Computerized Provider Order Entry system (CPOE). The Sunrise™
Clinical Manager client (SCM; Eclipsys Corp.) went live on July 21st
on 3 North, Mother/Baby, Labor/Delivery, and 22 ancillaries.
Although not currently interfacing directly with the pharmacy order
entry system (WORx; Mediware Inc.) this feature is a planned part of
the Integrated
Clinical Information System (ICIS) project.
July 1st, 2004
Pharmaceutical Compounding,
Sterile Preparations and
UKCMC
