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Pharmacy Stars platform drives systemwide standardization in compounding competencies

Pharmacy Stars platform drives systemwide standardization in compounding competencies

Heidi Yanoski and Adam Castro Over the past year, the transition of Geisinger’s aseptic technique competencies to the Pharmacy Stars® online platform was successfully completed, with the official launch occurring on March 1, 2025. This initiative involved extensive cross-departmental planning and customization to meet systemwide requirements. Instructional resources

Ambient documentation: Improving the Medication Therapy Disease Management pharmacist’s productivity by decreasing documentation time

Anthony Olson, Leeann Webster, Stacey Grassi and Duncan Dobbins Geisinger’s Medication Therapy Disease Management (MTDM) clinical pharmacists devote a sizable share of each workday to documenting notes for their clinical encounters in the electronic health record (EHR). The amount of time and effort pharmacists spend working in EHRs — often

Opioid Wizard: Advancing identification and engagement in opioid use disorder care

Opioid Wizard: Advancing identification and engagement in opioid use disorder care

Eric Wright As part of a national initiative to improve care for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD), Geisinger Enterprise Pharmacy contributed to the development and evaluation of Opioid Wizard — a clinical decision support tool embedded in the electronic health record. Designed to assist clinicians in identifying patients with OUD

Strategic system transition: GHIS adopts Epic to advance home infusion services

Ron Zsido, Anthony Dicriscio and Jessica Koch The year 2024 marked a transformative milestone for Geisinger Home Infusion Services (GHIS), as the organization initiated a strategic transition from its long-standing CPR+ operating system to Epic. This shift is expected to redefine workflows, elevate patient care and align GHIS with

Redefining retail: Geisinger Pharmacy’s transformation toward patient-centered, tech-enabled care

Jenny Plummer The overall Geisinger Retail Pharmacy landscape has undergone a remarkable transformation since 2020, driven largely by the pandemic and subsequent shifts in medication distribution, consumer expectations and the growing influence of technology on the patient experience. Like many others in the industry, Geisinger Pharmacy has shifted focus from

Smart automation in cleanrooms: Metasys enhances sterile compounding compliance at Geisinger

Nichole Varela-Gonzalez and Adam Castro In hospital cleanrooms, where sterile compounding and infusion medication preparation occur, maintaining strict environmental controls is essential to patient safety and regulatory compliance. As standards governing compounding spaces have become increasingly rigorous — particularly with the implementation of USP <797> and USP <