Pharmacy Week

1. Happy Pharmacy Week! Educate Before You Medicate -- Knowledge is the Best Medicine -- Talk With Your Pharmacist October 17, 2016

2. What do Pharmacists do? Pharmacists do more than count pills! We are the medication experts We play an essential role in the healthcare team 2

3. What do Pharmacists do? Perform patient assessments such as A1c and INR testing Initiate or modify medication therapy based on patient response Interpret data to increase to medication safety and effectiveness Adjust dose of medications based on laboratory data Round with the healthcare team Identify barriers to patient compliance 3 3

4. What do Pharmacists do? Develop the hospital formulary Oversee drug administration Perform medication reconciliations Provide education and counseling to patients to reduce medication-related issues 4

5. What do pharmacy technicians do? Screen prescription orders for accuracy and completeness Prepare IV medications and compound medications Assist in the management of investigational drug studies Manage the medication automation systems 5

6. Why are pharmacists important? “Medication expert” Optimize the patient’s medication therapy Reduce medication errors Reduce adverse drug events Increase medication adherence Reduce healthcare cost and hospital length of stay 6

7. Fun facts! Coca-Cola was originally a cough syrup invented by a pharmacist named John Pemberton Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States was a pharmacist Agatha Christie, a famous British crime novelist was a pharmacy technician Lipitor is the best selling drug of all time generating more than $125 billion in sale since its introduction in 1997 Synthroid is the most commonly prescribed medication in the United States 7