Convert medications to preferred formulary agent 

Identify excessive medication use 

Optimize medication use through gradual dose-reduction interventions

Attend and provide recommendations for Pharmacy & Therapeutic committee meetings to optimize drug utilization and minimize medication cost

Ensure medication order compliance  through required indication and/or duration of use with Medicaid and Medicare, or other regulatory agencies, includes as-needed, high-risk, psychotropics, and other medication groups

Federal regulations that include Prospective Drug utilization review, monthly chart review, maintaining medication error rate < 5%, medication administration process

Pharmacy compliance with medication storage and handling, appropriate labeling, and maintaining perpetual up-to-date inventory

Phone 

Video 

Review admissions daily to ensure appropriate indicated medication use, identify missing discharge medications from transferring facility

Identify medication discrepancies in dosing, frequency, or other renal or hepatic parameters to ensure safe medication use

Reconcile high-risk medications to avoid dispensing errors (anticoagulants, antibiotics, narcotics, insulin)

Educate interdisciplinary staff on a multitude of healthcare and medication processes based on facility-identified improvement areas or new medication compliance or education requirements

Monthly reviews 

Medication monitoring 

Polypharmacy