Pharmacy

FirstHealth Outpatient Pharmacy provides prescription services to discharged patients and FirstHealth employees. The prescription service is available to patients who are discharged from an inpatient hospital stay, a FirstHealth outpatient clinic, the emergency department or other outpatient services. FirstHealth Outpatient Pharmacy provides routine prescription services and limited over-the-counter medication sales.

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Department of Pharmacy Information

Pharmacy Residency Program

Personnel

  • 31 Pharmacists (including management)
  • 28 Pharmacy Technicians
  • 1 Automation technician 1 Information Systems Analyst (pharmacist)
  • 1 CPOE Specialist (pharmacist)

Operational Services

  • Centralized unit-dose Robot-Rx technology
  • Automated dispensing cabinets (Omnicell) house-wide
  • Computerized Physician Order Entry
  • Bedside Medication Administration
  • USP <797> compliant IV clean room
  • TUG delivery robots
  • After-hour order entry to other FHC hospitals (Richmond Memorial Montgomery Memorial, Hoke Campus)
  • Outpatient pharmacy serving patients and employees
  • Sterile compound preparation utilizes image capture and barcode scanning

Clinical Services

  • Antimicrobial stewardship and management
  • Automatic renal dosing for antibiotics
  • Pharmacokinetic services
  • Anticoagulation management for heparin, LMWH and warfarin
  • TPN/Electrolyte monitoring
  • Critical care rounds with Hospitalists
  • Multi-disciplinary rounds: critical care, medicine