Becker's Healthcare April 26, 2024
The term “hospital pharmacy” is becoming a misnomer.
Inpatient hospital pharmacies remain important to organizations, but today’s industry-leading chief pharmacy officers need to juggle a plethora of care settings to stay with the times, leaders told Becker’s. Examples include ambulatory sites, outpatient infusion centers, home infusion services and upgraded technology, according to Nilesh Desai, chief pharmacy officer of Baptist Health in Louisville, Ky.
“The chief pharmacy officers in the past that were more focused on the inpatient side are becoming obsolete,” said Denise Scarpelli, PharmD, vice president and chief pharmacy officer for the University of Chicago Medicine. “You really have to understand specialty pharmacy, infusion and payers.”
Becoming complacent means you’re behind, Madeline Camejo, PharmD, said.
Dr. Camejo is...
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