Emergency medicine pharmacist interventions reducing exposure to costs (EMPIRE-C) - 16/03/22
, Ben T. Bushong, PharmD, Elisabeth A. Schneider-Smith, PharmD, Mark A. Mixon, PharmDAbstract |
Introduction |
Emergency Medicine (EM) pharmacists are considered essential healthcare providers in the Emergency Department (ED). Limited data are available representing the types of interventions performed by ED pharmacists, especially in community-based health systems.
Methods |
Retrospective, multi-centered, observational review of documented EM clinical pharmacist interventions into the electronic medical record (EMR) across five separate EDs between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021. Interventions were separated into three categories: ED Intervention, ED Outpatient Culture Review, and ED Discharge Antimicrobial Review. Interventions with supporting literature related to cost avoidance were also analyzed.
Results |
A total of 23,794 interventions were logged by the EM pharmacy team between the three categories. Of those, 9181 were cost avoidance interventions resulting in $5,350,755.63 in total cost avoidance, or $582.81 per intervention.
Conclusion |
EM pharmacists practicing in community settings have a substantial impact on patients as evidenced by the large quantity and variety of interventions logged which also results in significant cost avoidance to the healthcare system.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Highlights |
• | Little data exists on the impacts of Emergency Medicine pharmacists in community hospitals. |
• | 5 community emergency departments with a team of 16 pharmacists entered data. |
• | Cost avoidance was based on previous literature supporting specific interventions. |
• | Over a one-year period, over 23,000 interventions were logged. |
• | Cost avoidance on applicable interventions totaled more than $5.3 million dollars. |
Keywords : Pharmacist, Emergency department, Intervention, Cost avoidance
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Vol 54
P. 178-183 - avril 2022 Retour au numéro
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