Medication Safety Advanced Pharmacy Experience Rotation for Pharmacy Students.

Provide leadership role in formulating policy and instituting models that promote medication safety. Identify and facilitate medication safety improvement projects.Participate in strategic and tactical planning and analysis of organization-wide patient safety activities.Evaluate medication variances to identify potential systems improvementsPerform Root Cause Analyses and Failure Mode and Effects Analyses to identify opportunities for quality improvement.Identify best practices for medication safety and maintain a wide reporting system for Medication Errors, Adverse Drug Event/Reaction. Analyze current practices and formulate recommendations on a monthly basis to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. Facilitate process and system changes by working with pharmacy, nursing, medical staff, and other healthcare professionals to minimize potential for repeat occurrences.Review medication safety bulletins, alerts, or publications on a monthly basis and conduct an assessment of the medication management systems and process to where opportunities for improvement exist.Perform Mock Surveys to ensure compliance with Joint Commission Standard and National Patient Safety Goals.Leadership role in the Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee and the Patient Safety Committee.Selected Accomplishment:Successful accreditation by the Joint Commission on March 2012 and December 2015 with positive feedback from surveyors.Development and implementation of a corporate computer system for the reporting of Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Reactions.Leadership role in the Medical Record Committee and implementation of ISMP guidelines for the development of standardized order sets. Implementation of process for the development of orders sets and protocols in compliance with the new standard of the Joint Commission (MM.04.01.01 EP15).Development and implementation of a Medication Safety Rotation for Pharmacy students.

Responsible for verifying all dispensed medical orders. Receive telephone medical transcription orders and verified the TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition) orders. In charge of the sterile preparations in the IV Room. Serve as a medical information source for other health professionals within the hospital setting.Selected Accomplishment:Successfully completed rotation through all areas and was able to improve and organize more efficient processes to standardize the work. As a result reducing documentation and procedure errors and ensuring compliance with internal and external policies.

Responsible for supervising 3 pharmacy employees and assisted the Pharmacy Director in all projects assigned to the Pharmacy Department. Performed analysis of pharmacy utilization by groups and line of business. Developed and implemented new projects which benefit clients and the organization. Reviewed and solved audit issues related to the pharmacy benefit. Attended meetings in representation of the organization and promoted the services to new clients, potential clients or existing clients.Provided technical support to other pharmacists, service groups and providers.Evaluated and documented all medical usage and established control protocols when necessary.Selected Accomplishment:Selected to participate in the Triple S account transition by acting as liaison between Cruz Azul and Triple S for all issues related to the pharmacy department.

Generated and prepared pharmacy utilization reports as requested by MCS Sales and Marketing Department, Underwriting and commercial clients. Performed analysis and generated presentations to the administrative personnel of commercial accounts and brokers. Directly supervised 3 employees.Assisted the Account Sales Executives in any pharmacy related issues.Selected Accomplishments:Implemented and supervised MCS' Drug-Diagnosis Audit Program, this included the development of a software with external consultants and ongoing coordination of all aspects related to the management of the program.Developed, implemented and maintained monthly, quarterly and YTD pharmacy metrics by line of business.

Performed pharmacy audits, complaints investigation and generation of pharmacy utilization reports and analysis for commercial groups, members and reform medical groups. Prepared monthly and quarterly Pharmacy Key Performance Indicators.

Accountable for supervising the pharmacy auditors. Performed regular and special audits to pharmacies and other health care facilities. Organized all details regarding the Humana PR Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee meetings and prepared DUR´s or DUE´s as requested.Performed Academic Detailing for reform medical groups. Analyzed and measured on a monthly basis the Pharmacy Key Performance Indicators and made proper recommendations.

Responsible for the processing and filling of prescriptions and medical orders.Performed patient counseling, inventory control of drugs and removal of expired products. Published a monthly pharmacy newsletter directed to patients.

Performed Health insurance claim processing, dispensing prescriptions, removal of expired products, patient counseling, inventory control and supervision of pharmacy technicians.

Responsible for dispensing medical orders, supervising pharmacy technicians, patient counseling and serving as a drug information source for other health professionals.