Pharmacy Informatics Collaborative
The purpose of the RWJBarnabas Health Pharmacy Enterprise Informatics Collaborative
is to standardize, translate and implement clinical and operational technology
initiatives affecting medications throughout the healthcare system.
The collaboration shares best practices and will bring forth pharmacy informatics
recommendations to the applicable Councils for approval.
Mission Statement
To ensure that any medication-related technologies across the healthcare continuum are clinically, financially and operationally leveraged to current quality standards, clinical guidelines and regulations and optimized to improve patient care, population health outcomes and systems interoperability.
Membership
Chair: Corporate Director of Pharmacy Systems Integration
Members: Enterprise Clinical Information Systems (ECIS) Director of Pharmacy Informatics,
ECIS Pharmacy Systems Analysts and Pharmacists, Assistant Director of
Operations, IT Pharmacists/RN/pharmacy biller/analysts/coordinators from
the Acute Care Service Lines, Senior Pharmacy Reimbursement Specialist,
Pharmacy Billing, Denials and Appeals Specialist, Corporate Systems Integration
Pharmacist, Corporate 340B Director and 340B Analysts.
Meetings
The Pharmacy Informatics Collaborative shall meet bi-monthly or as otherwise deemed necessary by the Chair, but not less than quarterly.
How We Accomplish Our Mission
The Pharmacy Informatics Collaborative accomplishes our objectives by leveraging automation and technology resources to support continuing compliance and patient safety. The resources include but are not limited to the enterprise clinical information systems (ECIS), smart infusion pump software, automated dispensing cabinets, clinical surveillance and documentation platforms, 340B software, financial, business intelligence and healthcare analytics reporting tools.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Proactively identifies operational efficiencies to fulfill our purpose and mission
- Optimizes automated dispensing cabinets and medication access functionality and inventory management
- Standardizes formulary and charge description master (CDM) request process for additions, deletions and changes
- Provides pharmacy informatics expertise and recommendations on existing and new technologies
- Develops and implements system-wide medication charge reconciliation initiatives
Pharmacy Informatics Collaborative Membership
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Ellen Secaras, MBA, RPh
Corporate Director of Pharmacy Systems Integration, Corporate Pharmacy Chair of Informatics Collaborative
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Linda Allen, RPh
IT systems Pharmacist, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
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Susan Apisa-Fischetti
Pharmacy Biller, RWJ University Hospital at New Brunswick
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Alfredo Balleras, RPh
Lead Application Analyst, Epic Willow, Enterprise Clinical Information Systems
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Angelina Bayruns, CPhT
340B Analyst, Corporate Pharmacy
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Brian Bishop, PharmD
Pharmacy Systems Integration Analyst, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
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Larry Burnstein, BA
CIS Pharmacy Analyst, Enterprise Clinical Information Systems
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Todd Butala, PharmD
Assistant Director of Operations, Monmouth Medical Center
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Sheryl Darville, PharmD
Information Technology Pharmacist, Jersey City Medical Center
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Steven DePaolo, RPh
Pharmacist, Enterprise Clinical Information Systems
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Anne Hameed, CPhT, CSPT
Pharmacy Billing, Denials & Appeals Specialist, Corporate Pharmacy
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Richard Hilway, RPh
Director of Pharmacy Informatics, Enterprise Clinical Information Systems
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Moises Junchaya, PharmD
Pharmacy Systems Administrator, RWJ University Hospital at New Brunswick
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Margaret Kosc, RN, MHA
Pharmacy Systems Analyst, Behavioral Health and Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus
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Tammy Kupper, CPhT
340B Analyst, Corporate Pharmacy
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Fuwing Lee, RPh, MPA, MSHI
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
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Barry MacNeil, RPh
Pharmacist, Enterprise Clinical Information Systems
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Kabeer Mago, PharmD, RPh
Systems Integration Pharmacist, Corporate Pharmacy
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Norah Mahoney, PharmD, BCPS
Informatics Pharmacy Specialist, Community Medical Center
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Edmund Manger, RPh, MAS
Informatics Pharmacist, Clara Maass Medical Center
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Bryan McCormick, CPhT, MBA
Corporate Director 340B Program, Corporate Pharmacy
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Fred Penn, RPh
CIS Pharmacist, Enterprise Clinical Information Systems
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Daniel Pung, PharmD
CIS Pharmacist, Enterprise Clinical Information Systems
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George Romanos, MBA
IT Specialist, Clara Maass Medical Center
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Eliana Solis, CPhT, CSPT
Pharmacy Purchasing Coordinator/ Pyxis Administrator, RWJ University Hospital at Rahway
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Berna Sweeney, CPhT
Senior Pharmacy Reimbursement Specialist, Corporate Pharmacy
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Reza Tonkaboni, BS Pharm
Pharmacy Coordinator, RWJ University Hospital at Hamilton
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Francisco Vila, PharmD, CSP
Director of Qualitas Pharmacy Services
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Stephanie Wei, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Systems Administrator, RWJ University Hospital at Somerset