Informatics Pharmacist

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Day (United States of America)

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Participates in planning, implementing, supporting and optimizing Pharmacy based projects related to Information Systems & Applications within the CHOP Pharmacy department
- Inpatient, Retail, Specialty Care and Home Care

Serve as a liaison between the Pharmacy Department and EPIC Willow to coordinate and facilitate Pharmacy requests for changes, maintenance, and enhancements

Participates in support, implementation, and troubleshooting of the Epic EHR system, identifying potential problems, and implementing resolutions in collaboration EPIC Willow and other EPIC Clinical teams as needed

Maintains the integrity of automation systems, relevant databases and interfaces

In collaboration with Information Services and product vendors configures, implements, and maintains Pharmacy automation and technology to optimize pharmacy practice, pharmacy systems, and the medication-use process

In concert with Medication Safety, Biomedical Engineering, and Clinical Pharmacy, maintains and updates smart pump infusion databases

• EPIC
• Track, maintain, prioritize and manage Pharmacy EPIC maintenance/ enhancement requests
• Assesses problems and recommends solutions related to Epic interfaced Pharmacy applications and the medication dispensing process. This includes; identifying and engaging in organizational quality improvement activities to improve patient care, medication use processes, and pharmacy operations
• In collaboration with Epic Willow assesses available application enhancements to determine benefits and feasibility of implementation
• In support of EPIC Willow, evaluates, develops, implements, and maintains Epic / Pharmacy Automation test systems functionality to meet clinical objective
• In concert with Epic Willow, perform testing of Epic interfaced Pharmacy applications prior to Epic upgrades
• PHARMACY TECHNOLOGY AND AUTOMATION
• Performs Systems Assessments
• Works with Pharmacy Department
  - Inpatient, Retail, Specialty, Homecare to determine operational needs and available technology options
• Performs continual assessment of available application enhancements and department requirements to facilitate continued improvements in software capability as required to meet the Department of Pharmacy goals
• System analysis, design, and implementation of software systems where applicable
• Assists in installation and support of vendor applications
• Assures existing systems are processing effectively and accurately according to system and objectives
• Supports application implementation, upgrades and maintenance where applicable. Includes but is not limited to:
• Software installations : including; routine updates/fixes, product upgrades, patches, enhancements, customizations, and new version releases
• Database maintenance
• In concert with EPIC Willow and application vendors, identify interface requirements to support build by the interface team to then allow coordinated testing of the interface between applications
• Identify need for custom programming logic and validate implemented logic within the application
• Provides support for internal and external contacts
• Serves as liaison between department stakeholders and vendor representatives during assessment of applications and application…