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understanding of what was necessary from a pharmacy perspective, which served as a springboard to my current role,” Lisa recalls.“ You must understand how a medication is configured within our digital systems to ensure its accurately reflected in the patient’ s billing and records.”
Collaboration and overlap are essential
Lisa works collaboratively across Northwell’ s arms, with Vivo Health, its retail and specialty pharmacy division. Years
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“ The teams had already worked closely together,” Lisa observes.“ Collaboration and overlap are essential, and our regular director meetings help us stay updated on what’ s happening and each team’ s progress at every stage.”
The partnership is evident in programs like“ meds to bed,” where the specialty team facilitates discharge medications while hospital staff support. Supply chain and 340B programs also benefit from the overlap. Lisa ensures that leaders from different areas maintain a clear understanding of collective progress.
Digital transformation with Epic
One of the most significant projects facing the pharmacy team is the transition to Epic, a new electronic health record system. Because Northwell Health is so large, the rollout occurs in phases, and the pharmacy plays a central role in the command center setup. Lisa’ s team serves as subject matter experts for councils that approve order sets and system builds.
She has overseen the successful integration of medication workflows in golive phases and established new protocols for medication data management.“ We are the subject matter experts for many of those groups that need to have the approval for things to move forward,” Lisa states.“ The scale is large, so trying to incorporate us at each one of those journeys and each one of those councils really helps facilitate a more robust electronic health record.” The team follows a rxinnovate. com info @ rxinnovate. com |( 203) 494-1407
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