Pharmacy Services
Services Provided
Pharmacy services at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBIMC) are responsible
for the verification and distribution of all medications within the hospital.
Our role is ensuring safe and effective medication use.
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center pharmacy provides 24 hour pharmacy services.
Our pharmacists work on the nursing floors and are easily accessible to
nurses, doctors, other health-care professionals, and patients. Pharmacists
provide services like anticoagulation monitoring, renal dosing, antimicrobial
stewardship, appropriate IV to oral medication transition, patient counseling,
and evaluating lab data. We place a strong emphasis on ensuring that pharmacy
is recognized for its role and impact on patient care. We monitor and
highlight the interventions our pharmacists make so that pharmacy’s
role is recognized both at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and throughout
the system
Clinical Services
Clinical services allow Newark Beth Israel Medical Center to offer specialized
services for different hospital populations. These services include antimicrobial
stewardship, cardiothoracic critical care, medical intensive care, emergency
services, and solid organ transplant.
Pharmacy has a strong presence in many committees hospital-wide such as
Infection Control, Antibiotic Stewardship, Pharmacy and Therapeutics,
Medication Safety, Medication Management, Critical Care, and Committees
set to manage diseases such as sepsis, stroke, and VTE to name a few.
Technology
NBIMC is excited to offer state of the art pharmacy technology services.
These include:
- Cerner® for electronic medical records and computerized physician order entry
- Pyxis ES automated dispensing systems
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Pharmacy OneSource® suite, clinical dashboards-to flag patient care
initiatives, document pharmacist interventions, Simplifi 797, and formulary
management.