Baptist Memphis’ pharmacy department recently won the Tennessee Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ Innovative Health-System Pharmacy Practice Award.
The award is given annually to a pharmacy department staff in a hospital with more than 100 beds in recognition of efforts that advanced the level of pharmacy services within the past two years.
Over the last few years, under the leadership of pharmacy director Dennis Roberts, Baptist Memphis has moved to a decentralized model, allowing many of the pharmacists to move from the inpatient area out to the floors.
By making this move, hospital pharmacists are more visible, more involved and more immediately available to nurses and ancillary staff. The inpatient staff assists with providing services to the ambulatory care center, stem cell center, cardiac services as well as off-site physician practices.