Pharmacy Services

The Pharmacy department at Flagstaff Medical Center works with healthcare professionals to design, implement and monitor a therapeutic plan for FMC’s inpatients. Our philosophy is to provide excellence in patient care and to achieve a definite
outcome that improves a patient’s quality of life.

Serve as drug information resource for Flagstaff Medical Center and the community
Design medication schedules to assure compliance
Identify potential drug interactions and therapeutic duplication
Prevent, identify and report adverse drug reactions and medication errors
Provide pharmacokinetic consultation and monitoring
Provide education and in-services on pharmacotherapy
Collaborate with physicians and nurses to achieve optimal pharmacological therapy
Provide unit dose drug distribution and computerized medication administration record
Provide patient education and discharge counseling
Formulary management
Provide renal monitoring and medication dosage adjustment program
Provide parenteral nutrition and heparin infusion protocols

Pyxis Profile Automated Drug distribution — Patient's medication is dispensed to the nursing units using state-of-the-art automated medication cabinets. The nurses access the medication system via a touch-screen using their security code. Pharmacists pre-screen all physician orders for interactions and incompatibilities to ensure safe and effective therapy. Patients are able to receive their medications quicker than with traditional hospital medication systems.
Micromedex — This on-line database system gives medical personnel the most current drug information, helps with medication identification, provides patient counseling sheets and other monitoring guidelines.
Pharmacists are issued Palm Pilots to ensure they have the most up-to-the-minute drug information 24-hours a day, seven days a week. This enables the pharmacist to answer drug information from any location.

National Poison Prevention Week — A community awareness education program for preschool to third-grade students about poisons found in their environment. This program is held in the month of March.
National Pharmacy Week — This annual promotion is held in October. It is an effective way to educate patients about medications, while also promoting pharmacist’s services and expertise.
Flagstaff Medical Center is the training site for pharmacy students enrolled at the University of Arizona and Midwestern University in Glendale. The program is a six-week rotation that offers students specialized training in pharmacy, hospital pharmacy administration and adult medicine.