Inpatient Pharmacy

Clinical pharmacists work collaboratively with physicians, nurses and other health-care providers to ensure excellence in pharmaceutical care. Clinical pharmacy services are coordinated through decentralized order entry and other clinical responsibilities, to include: 

• Drug therapy monitoring/management based on patient acuity
• Dosage adjustment based on lab values
• Medication consultations
• Drug information
• Clinical interventions
• Adverse drug event reporting
• Code blue involvement
• Compounding sterile products
• Drug distribution

Automation

The clinical pharmacists use novel electronic order imaging systems that allow them to view, prioritize, and organize medication orders. Medication distribution is decentralized through the use of automated dispensing cabinets, thereby increasing pharmacists' time to interact with health-care providers and focus on patient care. Automation plans for ADE / Intervention data collection tools, order imaging software, and wireless communication within the near future will further enhance the availability of clinical services for inpatient pharmacy personnel. Physician order entry and bed-side, bar-code scanning plans are currently under development and are anticipated to make an equally profound impact on pharmacy services.
 

Facilities

Ben Taub General Hospital

Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital

Quentin Mease Hospital

 

 Future Employees?

To become a member of the HCHD pharmacy team, interested applicants should contact:

Ephraim Santibanez
Professional Recruiter
2525 Holly Hall, Ste. 100
Houston, TX 77054
713-566-2321
Ephraim_Santibanez@hchd.tmc.edu