PMID: 29491699Mar 2, 2018Paper

Expediting Formulary Standardization in a Multihospital Health System Using Layered Learners

P & T : a Peer-reviewed Journal for Formulary Management
Amanda J HaysSusan E Samet

Abstract

Drug formularies are a necessary part of medication management in hospitals and health systems. The system-level P&T committee at BJC HealthCare, a multihospital health system in St. Louis, Missouri, developed an approach to standardization of a system-wide formulary using available layered learners to complete the work in an expedited manner before implementation of a system-wide electronic medical record. The formulary standardization work was allocated to reviewers-including pharmacy students, residents, clinical pharmacy specialists, and pharmacy leadership-according to the complexity of the drug class under review, and a pharmacist was assigned to oversee and support the learner (student or resident) as class reviews were performed. The reviewer prepared a review of the drug class, developed recommendations for formulary agents and therapeutic interchanges, and presented recommendations to key stakeholder groups in the organization before a final decision by the system P&T committee. Using this approach, 27 therapeutic class reviews were conducted in 15 months, and 153 of 346 individual agents reviewed (44%) were retained on the formulary. The alignment of formulary medications and interchanges in the 27 classes resulted i...Continue Reading

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