Pharmacy Services
Services Provided: Clinical and Technology
The pharmacy department at Community Medical Center is responsible for the verification and distribution of all medications within the hospital. Our role is ensuring safe and effective medication use.
Community Medical Center pharmacy provides 24-hour pharmacy services. Pharmacists provide a wide range of services including but not limited to anticoagulation monitoring, renal dosing, antimicrobial stewardship, vancomycin dosing, appropriate IV to oral medication transition, patient counseling and evaluation of lab results. The Pharmacy Department has an excellent working relationship with nursing, medical and ancillary departments within the medical center.
Clinical Services
The extensive clinical pharmacy services available at Community Medical Center provide our patients with the highest level of interdisciplinary care. Services include Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, and Geriatrics.
Pharmacy has a strong presence on several hospital wide committees including Infection Control, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Critical Care and Medication Management.
Technology
Community Medical Center utilizes several state of the art pharmacy technologies including:
- EPIC® for electronic medical records and computerized physician order entry
- Pyxis ES Automated Dispensing Systems
- Pharmacy OneSource® Suite
- Talyst® Carousels using BD Logistics