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ForwardSeries date:
01/01/2026 - 12:00am EST to 12/31/2026 - 11:59pm EST
Series Objective:
Prisma Health Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee key responsibilities:
- Assist in developing and implementing policies to control the administration of drugs with specific reference to the duration of orders and dosage.
- Recommend and maintain a formulary of drugs accepted for use within Prisma Health and provide for constant revision; implement formulary alternative substitution recommendations; and address emergent drug safety information and drug shortages.
- Verify that drugs dispensed are included (or approved for inclusion) in the United States Pharmacopoeia National Formulary, United States Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia. New drugs or accepted dental remedies (except for any drugs unfavorably evaluated therein), and if not, determine whether to approve for use within the system.
- Undertake drug utilization education; review any significant adverse drug reactions; and revise and approve as appropriate all protocols or requests concerned with non-approved uses of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drugs.
- Oversee the market and system-based subcommittees created to assist with Pharmacy and Therapeutic functions, including but not limited to: Pharmacy Formulary Evaluation Teams, Pediatrics Pharmacy and Therapeutics Subcommittee, Antibiotic stewardship committees, Oncology Pharmacy and Therapeutics Subcommittee, and Vaccine Subcommittee.
- Subcommittees will provide reports and recommendations regarding formulary issues, conduct statistical and prevalence reviews of adverse events, and develop recommendations regarding the general and specific pharmacy matters of specific patient populations.
- Oversee the Medication Performance Subcommittee, Nutrition Support Team – Midlands, and Diversion Subcommittee, and incorporate recommendations that impact medication utilization.
Series Target Audience:
Practicing Physicians, Fellows, Residents, Affiliated Mental Health Staff, Allied Health, Emergency Medical Services, Medical Students, Nurse Practitioners, Occupational Therapists, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, Registered Nurses, Social Workers, Physical Therapists, Psychiatrists
Series Contacts:
Administrative Coordinator: Dr. Tanya Ezekiel, [email protected]
Planning Committee Chair: Dr. Tareq Haidary, MD
Series location:
Microsoft Teams
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