Consultant Pharmacy Services

Monthly and as-needed medication reviews evaluate resident therapies, monitoring, interactions, side effects, and treatment effectiveness to ensure safe, appropriate, and optimized medication regimens.
Regulatory review to assure medication regimen is compliant with CMS standards
Efficiency review to assure unnecessary medications are eliminated, and medications are adjusted to consolidate medication pass and reduce nursing workload
Drug regimen reviews are completed by a staff pharmacist upon admission and readmission to identify and resolve allergies, interactions, dosing concerns, contraindications, and other medication irregularities to support safe, effective care.
Psychotropic medication management to include compliance with CMS standards, participation in the psychotropic reduction interdisciplinary team, utilization statistics, and gradual dose reduction tracking
Policy/procedure to ensure safe usage and proper monitoring of high-risk medications
Infection Control/Antibiotic Stewardship Committee participation
Administrative regulatory requirements including: QAPI participation, clinical and regulatory information resource for administration, nursing, medical staff, and residents, medication room/medication cart inspections, and medication pass