Leadership Solutions provide for the day-to-day direction of pharmacy services when health-systems have a leadership vacancy. Our goal is to provide interim leadership services that support the administrative, financial, regulatory, clinical and patient safety aspects of health-system pharmacy. We identify and implement opportunities for improvement and position the pharmacy for long-term self-reliance. This service offers:

• Experienced pharmacy director to coordinate and supervise all aspects of health-system pharmacy, including the operational, clinical, financial and regulatory functions.

• The necessary staffing resources (pharmacists, technicians, clinical managers) to provide quality pharmacy services.

• Recruiting services to search for a permanent pharmacy leader and to fill open staff positions.

• In-depth analysis of pharmacy operations, clinical programs, and utilization patterns using our benchmarking tools; RxTrend^TM  and RxFocus^TM .

• Development of measurable initiatives for operational/clinical and cost savings opportunities.

• Monthly reports detailing progress made on initiatives and performance indicators.

• Quarterly operations/clinical services audits to evaluate pharmacy’s regulatory and patient safety performance.

• Exit strategy that includes sustainability criteria and provides for the health-system's eventual self-reliance.

Project Management

Our project managers work as a team with your organization to design and implement project plans for health system pharmacies in order to meet their challenges head on.  They provide the expertise and the manpower to:

• Implement automation and operational enhancements

• Implement and manage technology enhancements

• Enhance clinical programs

• Provide in-depth financial and budgetary expertise

• Enhance formulary control and the P&T function

• Implement cost savings initiatives

• Ready your depart for JCAHO and other accrediting bodies

• Enhance patient safety initiatives

The pharmacist shortage and the "do more with less" reality presents an increasingly difficult environment.  Advocate Rx Solutions has the expertise and the resources to help you with your project needs.  To find out more about our project management capabilities, call 704-895-9503.