Pharmacy
The Pharmacy Department at Jackson Purchase Medical Center is regulated by the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy, which serves the Commonwealth to promote, preserve, and protect the public health, safety, and welfare through effective regulation of the practice of Pharmacy, and is under the direction of Cynthia Elliott, PPh. The pharmacy is staffed by at least one Registered Pharmacist (RPh) seven days a week:
Pharmacists are health professionals who practice the art and science of pharmacy. In their traditional role, pharmacists typically take a request for medicines from a physician in the form of a medical prescription and dispense the medication to the patient and counsel them on the proper use and adverse effects of that medication. In this role, pharmacists ensure the safe and effective use of medications. Pharmacists also participate in disease state management, where they optimize and monitor drug therapy, often in collaboration with physicians and/or other health professionals. Pharmacists have many areas of expertise and are a critical source of medical knowledge in clinics, hospitals, and community pharmacies throughout the world.
Our pharmacists provide, prepare and dispense medicines, special feeding solutions and diagnostic agents. They may also consult with doctors about the correct dosage and appropriate form and time of administration, and make physicians aware of any possible adverse reactions.
Our staff of pharmacists provide products and services to hospitalized patients at JPMC, and they are responsible for the timely and proper administration of medications. Our pharmacists often work with different types of medications than retail pharmacists, in that they use IV drugs that need a lot of preparation with a fair amount of calculation, mixing and checking that doesn't occur in the community setting. They also monitor drug therapy and serve as sources of drug information to the health care staff, and assist in the development of drug formularies and hospital pharmacy policies and procedures.
Our pharmacists don't have as much patient contact as their retail counterparts, but they have significant contact with other healthcare providers, such as doctors, nurse, and therapists.
Under the direction of the Registered Pharmacists are Pharmacy Technicians:
A pharmacy technician is defined as an individual working in a pharmacy, who under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, assist in pharmacy activities not requiring the professional
judgment of a pharmacist. The pharmacy technician is accountable to the supervising pharmacist, who is legally responsible by virtue of state licensure for the care and safety of patients served by the pharmacy. The pharmacy technician performs activities as the result of having certain knowledge and skills.
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