| The Department of Pharmaceutical Care provides
pharmacy services to other hospitals in Iowa on a
contractual basis. At the current time there are three
hospitals that receive these services.
Marengo Memorial Hospital in Marengo, Iowa, receives pharmacy services on a full-time basis. Forty hours of pharmacist time per week are provided to the hospital. The hospital also has a full-time pharmacy technician. Services are provided to acute patients (average daily census 5 patients), skilled nursing patients (average daily census 6-10 patients) and long-term care patients (average daily census 2-3 patients). Services include both clinical services and medication distribution. A Pyxis Medstation 2000 unit has been installed to provide medication accessibility when the pharmacist is not on duty.
Marengo Memorial Hospital serves as the practice site for a rotation for pharmacy practice residents. Dave Weetman, Assistant Director, Acute Care Pharmacy serves as the Director of this program. A pharmacy practice specialist or staff pharmacist orients each resident to this rotation and, together with Dave Weetman, precepts this rotation.
The Department has a contract to provide pharmacy management services to
Ottumwa Regional Health Center
in Ottumwa, Iowa, and Mercy Medical
Center in Clinton, Iowa. The Department employs pharmacists who serve
as Assistant Director in the Department of Pharmaceutical Care and as Director of
Pharmacy in each facility. Currently, Dawn Moore is the Director of Pharmacy at
Ottumwa, and Jeff Houseman is Director of Pharmacy at Mercy. The pharmacists and
technicians at each facility are employed by that hospital. The department also
provides additional support to each facility through a consulting arrangement
that makes available other resources from the Department of Pharmaceutical Care.
These may be clinical pharmacy specialists to assist with development of clinical
programs or other specialized staff from UIHC to assist with department management
and development.
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (ORHC) has 2 17 licensed
beds and an average daily census of approximately 71 patients. The Pharmacy
Department has five pharmacist and six pharmacy technician positions. The
department utilizes Pyxis Medstation and Pyxis Connect Scanning Technology.
The department has developed pharmacy clinical services in several areas
including fall prevention, pharmacokinetics, home care and infusion services.
The ORHC Pharmacy also serves as a hospital externship site for University of Iowa
College of Pharmacy students and Drake University College of Pharmacy students.
The department also oversees the outpatient pharmacy which fills approximately
2,300 prescriptions monthly
Mercy Medical Center in Clinton has approximately 170 acute
care beds. The Pharmacy Department has, one Lead Pharmacist position, 5 staff
pharmacist positions and thirteen pharmacy technicians, and 4 pharmacy courier
positions. The department also utilizes Pyxis Medstation unit based medication
cabinets. The department utilizes a decentralized clinical pharmacist Monday
through Friday and does skilled transition, and nursing home consulting. Mercy
serves as preceptor to University of Iowa College of Pharmacy and provides a
Clinical Medical Rotation along with a Hospital Rotation for them. The department
moved into a newly remodeled facility in 2000. |
