[01-PRELIMS-CAM] PHARMACY INFORMATICS

Pharmacy Informatics

This is a field that merges pharmacy practice, information science, computer technology, and systems management to optimize how medication-related information flows through the healthcare system.

Pharmacy informatics is a field that merges pharmacy practice, information science, computer technology, and systems management to optimize how medication-related information flows through the healthcare system.

Define pharmacy informatics (first sentence in the introduction to pharmacy informatics):

Pharmacy Informatics

It sits at the intersection of clinical pharmacy, data management, and health information technology, addressing the growing complexity of medication therapy and the digital transformation of healthcare.

• Clinical pharmacy

• Data management

• Health information technology

Pharmacy informatics sits at the intersections of?

Medication therapy and the digital transformation of healthcare

Pharmacy informatics addresses the growing complexity of?

Modern medication use

Pharmacy informatics exists because _________ requires precise, reliable systems that support the safe delivery of drugs from prescription to monitoring.

Precise and reliable systems

Modern medication use require this system to support the safe delivery of drugs from prescription to monitoring.

Pharmacy Informatics

This is the scientific and practical discipline that uses information systems, communication technologies, and workflow design to support the safe and effective use of medications throughout the healthcare system.

Pharmacy informatics is the scientific and practical discipline that uses information systems, communication technologies, and workflow design to support the safe and effective use of medications throughout the healthcare system.

Define pharmacy informatics (its definition based on the ppt):

Scientific and practical

What are the two disciplines of pharmacy informatics?

1. Information systems

2. Communication technologies

3. Workflow design

Pharmacy informatics is the scientific and practical discipline that uses (1)____, (2)____, (3)____ to support the safe and effective use of medications throughout the healthcare system.

Information Management

DEFINITION OF PHARMACY INFORMATICS

This definition highlights three key components:

• Organizing medication-related data for safe use.

Technology Application

DEFINITION OF PHARMACY INFORMATICS

This definition highlights three key components:

• Using systems to support decisions and processes.

Practice Optimization

DEFINITION OF PHARMACY INFORMATICS

This definition highlights three key components:

• Improving medication-use workflows and patient outcomes.

Health Informatics

RELATED TERMS AND CORE CONCEPTS

A broad domain concerned with how health information is collected, stored, transmitted, and applied.

• Collected

• Stored

• Transmitted

• Applied

Heath informatics is concerned with how health information is?

Health Informatics

RELATED TERMS AND CORE CONCEPTS

Includes areas such as nursing informatics, medical informatics, public health informatics, and pharmacy informatics.

• Nursing informatics

• Medical informatics

• Public health informatics

• Pharmacy informatics

Health informatics include areas such as?

Medication data and systems

Health Informatics:

Pharmacy informatics is a specialized branch that deals specifically with?

Biomedical Informatics

RELATED TERMS AND CORE CONCEPTS

This is the scientific foundation underlying all health informatics.

Biomedical Informatics

RELATED TERMS AND CORE CONCEPTS

This combines biology, medicine, computer science, and information theory.

• Biology

• Medicine

• Computer Science

• Information Theory

Biomedical Informatics combines these four foundational disciplines:

Biomedical Informatics

RELATED TERMS AND CORE CONCEPTS

Emphasizes data structure, algorithms, and decision-making models.

• Data structure

• Algorithms

• Decision-making models

Biomedical informatics emphasizes?

Pharmacy Informatics

Biomedical Informatics:

This is an applied science built upon these principles.

Clinical Informatics

RELATED TERMS AND CORE CONCEPTS

This applies informatics directly to clinical care settings.

Clinical care settings

Clinical informatics applies informatics directly into what settings?

Clinical Informatics

RELATED TERMS AND CORE CONCEPTS

Supports clinicians in diagnosis, treatment, and patient monitoring.

• Diagnosis

• Treatment

• Patient monitoring

Clinical informatics supports clinicians in?

Clinical Informatics

RELATED TERMS AND CORE CONCEPTS

This includes development of EHRs, CPOE, and decision support tools.

Electronic Health Records

EHRs stands for?

Computerized Provider Order Entry

CPOE stands for?

• EHRs

• CPOE

• Decision support tools

Clinical informatics includes the development of?

Pharmacy informatics

Clinical Informatics:

This exists under this umbrella, focusing on medication therapy.

Medication therapy

Pharmacy informatics exists under the clinical informatics umbrella, focusing on?

Medication-Use Informatics

RELATED TERMS AND CORE CONCEPTS

Emphasizes improving each step of the medication-use process:

• Prescribing

• Transcribing

• Dispensing

• Administration

• Monitoring

• Prescribing

• Transcribing

• Dispensing

• Administration

• Monitoring

Medication-use informatics emphasizes improving each step of the medication-use process:

Medication-Use Informatics

This term is often used interchangeably with pharmacy informatics.

Electronic Health Record (EHR)

CORE SYSTEMS IN PHARMACY INFORMATICS

A digital platform containing patient information: medication lists, allergies, labs, notes, and diagnostic data.

Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)

CORE SYSTEMS IN PHARMACY INFORMATICS

A tool for prescribers to enter medication orders electronically, reducing handwriting and transcription errors.

Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS)

CORE SYSTEMS IN PHARMACY INFORMATICS

This provide alerts and recommendations on:

• Drug-drug interactions

• Drug-allergy warnings

• Dose adjustments

• Therapeutic duplications

• Drug-drug interactions

• Drug-allergy warnings

• Dose adjustments

• Therapeutic duplications

Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) provides alerts and recommendations on?

Clinical Decision Support Systems

CDSS stands for?

Pharmacy Information Systems (PIS)

CORE SYSTEMS IN PHARMACY INFORMATICS

Manages medication inventory, dispensing processes, and workflows within hospital or community settings.

Pharmacy Information Systems

PIS stands for?

Automated Dispensing Systems

CORE SYSTEMS IN PHARMACY INFORMATICS

Includes robots, dispensing cabinets, barcode medication administration, and automated compounding machines.

Clinical judgement

Pharmacists are essential to informatics work because the medication-use system is highly specialized and requires?

Pharmacist-informaticians

They serve as clinical, technical, analytical, and administrative experts.

• Clinical

• Technical

• Analytical

• Administrative Experts

Pharmacist-informaticians serve as?

System Design, Build, and Implementation

ROLE OF PHARMACISTS IN INFORMATICS

Pharmacists participate in:

• Designing electronic medication workflows.

• Defining drug dictionaries and formularies.

• Configuring order sets and medication protocols.

• Testing system updates and integrations.

System Design, Build, and Implementation

The pharmacists clinical expertise in these fields ensure that digital systems reflect safe and realistic pharmacy practice.

System Design, Build, and Implementation

What role of pharmacists in informatics is this?

Designing electronic medication workflows.

System Design, Build, and Implementation

What role of pharmacists in informatics is this?

Defining drug dictionaries and formularies.

System Design, Build, and Implementation

What role of pharmacists in informatics is this?

Configuring order sets and medication protocols.

System Design, Build, and Implementation

What role of pharmacists in informatics is this?

Testing system updates and integrations.

Clinical Decision Support Development

ROLE OF PHARMACISTS IN INFORMATICS

• Developing alerts (interactions, allergies, dosing rules)

• Ensuring evidence-based practice is built into the system

• Reviewing alert burden to avoid “alert fatigue”

• Updating medication guidelines, lab triggers, and therapeutic algorithms

CDS tools support

Pharmacists ensure these tools support—not hinder—clinical efficiency.

Clinical Decision Support Development Responsibilities

What role of pharmacists in informatics is this?

Developing alerts (interactions, allergies, dosing rules).

Clinical Decision Support Development Responsibilities

What role of pharmacists in informatics is this?

Ensuring evidence-based practice is built into the system.

Clinical Decision Support Development Responsibilities

What role of pharmacists in informatics is this?

Reviewing alert burden to avoid “alert fatigue”.

Clinical Decision Support Development Responsibilities

What role of pharmacists in informatics is this?

Updating medication guidelines, lab triggers, and therapeutic algorithms.

Medication Safety and Quality Programs Pharmacist-Informaticians

ROLE OF PHARMACISTS IN INFORMATICS

• Review medication error reports and system vulnerabilities

• Participate in root cause analyses

• Implement safety upgrades (barcode scanning, smart pumps, revised workflows)

• Coordinate with quality and risk management teams

Medication Safety and Quality Programs Pharmacist-Informaticians

They act as guardians of the medication-use system.

Medication Safety and Quality Programs Pharmacist-Informaticians

What role of pharmacists in informatics is this?

Review medication error reports and system vulnerabilities

Medication Safety and Quality Programs Pharmacist-Informaticians

What role of pharmacists in informatics is this?

Participate in root cause analyses.

Medication Safety and Quality Programs Pharmacist-Informaticians

What role of pharmacists in informatics is this?

Implement safety upgrades (barcode scanning, smart pumps, revised workflows).

Medication Safety and Quality Programs Pharmacist-Informaticians

What role of pharmacists in informatics is this?

Coordinate with quality and risk management teams.

Data Management and Analytics Pharmacists

ROLE OF PHARMACISTS IN INFORMATICS

They analyzes:

• Medication usage patterns

• Error trends

• Adverse drug event rates

• Compliance with protocols

• Outcomes from therapy interventions

Data Management and Analytics Pharmacists

These pharmacists analyzes medication usage patterns.

Data Management and Analytics Pharmacists

These pharmacists analyzes error trends.

Data Management and Analytics Pharmacists

These pharmacists analyzes adverse drug event rates.

Data Management and Analytics Pharmacists

These pharmacists analyzes compliance with protocols.

Data Management and Analytics Pharmacists

These pharmacists analyzes outcomes from therapy interventions.

• Hospital administration

• Pharmacy leadership

• Formulary committees

• Stewardship programs

Data Management and Analytics Pharmacists:

• Medication usage patterns

• Error trends

• Adverse drug event rates

• Compliance with protocols

• Outcomes from therapy interventions

This data supports what?

Automation and Technology Oversight Pharmacists

ROLE OF PHARMACISTS IN INFORMATICS

These pharmacists coordinates:

• Automated dispensing cabinets

• Robotics for compounding and packaging

• Barcode medication administration systems

• Smart infusion pump libraries

• Pharmacy inventory automation

Automation and Technology Oversight Pharmacists

These pharmacists coordinates:

Automated dispensing cabinets.

Automation and Technology Oversight Pharmacists

These pharmacists coordinates:

Robotics for compounding and packaging.

Automation and Technology Oversight Pharmacists

These pharmacists coordinates:

Barcode medication administration systems.

Automation and Technology Oversight Pharmacists

These pharmacists coordinates:

Smart infusion pump libraries.

Automation and Technology Oversight Pharmacists

These pharmacists coordinates:

Pharmacy inventory automation.

Automation and Technology Oversight Pharmacists

These pharmacists ensure calibration, safety, proper integration, and effective functionality.

Education, Training, and Support Pharmacists

ROLE OF PHARMACISTS IN INFORMATICS

• Train clinicians to properly use medication systems

• Teach students and residents about informatics

• Provide troubleshooting assistance

• Act as system experts during new technology rollouts

Education, Training, and Support Pharmacists

These pharmacists:

Train clinicians to properly use medication systems.

Education, Training, and Support Pharmacists

These pharmacists:

Teach students and residents about informatics.

Education, Training, and Support Pharmacists

These pharmacists:

Provide troubleshooting assistance.

Education, Training, and Support Pharmacists

These pharmacists:

Act as system experts during new technology rollouts.

Policy, Governance, and Regulatory Compliance Pharmacists

ROLE OF PHARMACISTS IN INFORMATICS

These pharmacists develop:

• Medication documentation standards

• Security and data privacy policies

• Protocols for electronic prescribing

• Procedures for medication reconciliation

• Policies aligned with regulatory bodies and accreditation standards

Policy, Governance, and Regulatory Compliance Pharmacists

What do you call the role of a pharmacist that develops:

Medication documentation standards.

Policy, Governance, and Regulatory Compliance Pharmacists

What do you call the role of a pharmacist that develops:

Security and data privacy policies.

Policy, Governance, and Regulatory Compliance Pharmacists

What do you call the role of a pharmacist that develops:

Protocols for electronic prescribing.

Policy, Governance, and Regulatory Compliance Pharmacists

What do you call the role of a pharmacist that develops:

Procedures for medication reconciliation.

Policy, Governance, and Regulatory Compliance Pharmacists

What do you call the role of a pharmacist that develops:

Policies aligned with regulatory bodies and accreditation standards.

• Accuracy

• Efficiency

• Safety

IMPORTANCE OF PHARMACY INFORMATICS

Pharmacy informatics is vital because medication therapy is complex and carries significant risk if not managed correctly. Informatics ensures?

Supporting Clinical Decision-Making Technology

IMPORTANCE OF PHARMACY INFORMATICS

This provides:

• Real-time access to patient data

• Integrated drug references and dosing calculators

• Alerts for safety concerns

• Evidence-based treatment guidelines

Supporting Clinical Decision-Making Technology

This importance of pharmacy informatics provides:

Real-time access to patient data.

Supporting Clinical Decision-Making Technology

This importance of pharmacy informatics provides:

Integrated drug references and dosing calculators.

Supporting Clinical Decision-Making Technology

This importance of pharmacy informatics provides:

Alerts for safety concerns.

Supporting Clinical Decision-Making Technology

This importance of pharmacy informatics provides:

Evidence-based treatment guidelines

Meeting Regulatory and Accreditation Standards Pharmacy Informatics

IMPORTANCE OF PHARMACY INFORMATICS

This importance supports compliance with:

• Electronic prescribing mandates

• Medication traceability requirements

• Reporting obligations (errors, adverse drug events, antimicrobial use)

Meeting Regulatory and Accreditation Standards Pharmacy Informatics

This importance of pharmacy informatics supports compliance with:

Electronic prescribing mandates.