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Follow on Google News | Pharmacy OneSource Launches Billion Dollar Pharmacist Intervention ChallengePharmacists challenged to increase their clinical impact within hospitals in 2010
By: Pharmacy OneSource Public Relations The leading pharmacist intervention teams for 2010 with the highest number of clinical interventions and dollars saved per hospital bed will receive a traveling trophy and unrestricted education grant from Pharmacy OneSource at the end of the year. "The $1 Billion Intervention Challenge can help hospitals mobilize their pharmacy staffs, focus improvement efforts, and demonstrate their commitment to delivering swift, safe and cost-effective care," said Steve Riddle, VP of Clinical Affairs for Pharmacy OneSource. Pharmacy OneSource is proud to partner with ASHP in support of the organizations new Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative (PPMI). For every $100 million of documented savings due to clinical pharmacy interventions across all hospital clients, Pharmacy OneSource will donate to the PPMI at structured milestones up to $50,000. The goal of this PPMI is to significantly advance the health and well being of patients by developing and disseminating a futuristic practice model that supports the most effective use of pharmacists as direct patient care providers. "As partners in the conceptualization and offering of the Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative, ASHP and the ASHP Foundation are excited to acknowledge the sponsorship of Pharmacy OneSource for the Initiative," "The $1 Billion Intervention Challenge is a novel and direct way for Pharmacy OneSource to showcase the value of pharmacists' direct patient care role in medication management. Quantifi, Pharmacy OneSource’s clinical communication and documentation tool, is used by over 46,942 healthcare professionals who documented $529 million in savings by pharmacists through interventions in 2009. Quantifi captures both the actual dollar savings via reduction in supply costs and potential costs savings through risk avoidance. "Quantifi is a great tool for a clinical program enabling the pharmacy to document the true clinical value we provide to patients and the healthcare team," said Ron Krych, a current Quantifi customer and Director of Pharmacy at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ. Participants and the public can follow the progress of the intervention challenge with the barometer at: http://www.pharmacyonesource.com/ With more than 1,000 hospitals across the world having used Quantifi to capture more than 30 million clinical interventions, adverse events and adverse drug reactions, Pharmacy OneSource can readily demonstrate the value of pharmacy services to hospital leaders. Using a superior software-as- About Pharmacy OneSource (www.pharmacyonesource.com) Pharmacy OneSource is healthcare’s #1 Software-as- End
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