Support

Consulting pharmacists

PCA's team of experienced pharmacist and nurse consultants provide clinical, regulatory and operational expertise, including:

medication therapy management to improve outcomes while reducing costs
monthly medication regimen review to identify unnecessary multiple prescriptions, reduce side-effect risks, optimize medication therapies and identify possible therapeutic interchanges for equal or better outcomes and reduced hospital admissions
medication pass observation/review
formulary assistance
regulatory survey preparation
regulatory compliance issues
medication cart/medication storage evaluation

PCA consulting pharmacists and nurses also provide numerous educational programs and services, including:

a comprehensive Pharmacy Policy & Procedure Manual to assist with regulatory compliance and DEA/MDS issues
on-site inservice training programs, such as I.V. training certification
bimonthly newsletter
as-requested clinical programs to support our educational self-study manual
ongoing physician and staff education to communicate drug topics, FDA recalls and Medline reports.