Psychiatric Collaborative
The RWJBarnabas Health Pharmacy Enterprise Psychiatric Pharmacy Collaborative is responsible for ensuring the continuum of care for psychiatric patients throughout our network. The collaborative consists of neuropsychiatric pharmacy specialists who take pride in enhancing medication management including the standardization of order sets and formulary considerations as means to promote medication safety and quality patient care. In addition to medication management, the collaborative takes special interest in promoting students and residency education and networking opportunities within our network.
Membership
Chair: Clinical Coordinator, PGY2 Psychiatric Residency Program Director, RWJBH
Behavioral Health Center
Members: Corporate Assistant Vice President of Integrated Pharmacy Services, Assistant
Director of Operations, Assistant Director of Pharmacy Clinical Services,
Clinical Neuropsychiatric Pharmacy Specialist and Psychiatric Clinical
Pharmacists
Meetings
The Psychiatric Pharmacy Collaborative shall meet quarterly or as otherwise deemed necessary by the chair.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Serve as subject matter experts in psychiatric pharmacotherapy by providing recommendations to a variety of pharmacy and multidisciplinary committees at both the system and local levels.
- Standardize psychiatric pharmacotherapy across the enterprise.
- Assist in order set creation and review based on best evidence for our electronic health record.
- Review and make recommendations for policies and procedures relating to mental health across the enterprise.
- Provides recommendations to the Clinical Pharmacy Council regarding new therapies in mental health.
- Develop and execute research and quality improvement projects in psychiatry.
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Develop and standardize strategies related to psychiatric medications and
regulatory requirements.
Promote and share educational opportunities for pharmacy residents across the enterprise.
Psychiatric Collaborative Membership
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Henry Leach, PharmD, BCPP
Clinical Coordinator, PGY2 Psychiatric Residency Program Director, RWJBH Behavioral Health Center
Chair of Psychiatric Collaborative
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Dehali Bandyopadhyay, PharmD, MS
Assistant Director of Operations, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
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Leo Batongbakal,
PharmD, BCPPPsychiatry Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Jersey City Medical Center
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Alexander Clark,
PharmD, BCPSAssistant Director of Pharmacy Clinical Services, Trinitas Regional Medical Center
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Nicole Daniel,
PharmD, BCPPClinical Neuropsychiatric Pharmacy Specialist, Clara Maass Medical Center
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Jessica Koerner, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, FASHP
Corporate Assistant Vice President of Integrated Pharmacy Services, Corporate Pharmacy
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Megan Maroney,
PharmD, BCPPClinical Psychiatric Pharmacist, Monmouth Medical Center, Clinical Associate Professor, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers