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Expertise in Clinical Pharmacy Services
Dr. Katrina Eldridge, PharmD
Executive Consultant
Dr. Katrina Eldridge, PharmD, is a trusted consultant pharmacist specializing in medication optimization for chronic disease states. With over seven years of experience as a Primary Care pharmacist, she brings deep clinical expertise and practical insight to improving medication management across diverse care settings. Dr. Eldridge works closely with physicians and healthcare teams to support streamline treatment strategies, deliver evidence-based recommendations, and support improved patient and facility outcomes.
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Dr. Stephen Slubar, PharmD, MBA, BCPS
Executive Consultant
Dr. Stephen Slubar, PharmD, MBA, BCPS has expansive clinical pharmacy expertise in community, hospital, and ambulatory care pharmacy practice. These experiences include direct patient care, formulary management, auditing, quality improvement, and providing continuing education to interdisciplinary healthcare staff. His current focus in consulting aims to improve efficiency in facility medication dispensing and administration in pharmacy processes to reduce excessive healthcare costs. NPI and DEA licensed, which enables direct patient care, prescribing medications, coordinating necessary labs, or care coordination under collaborative practice.
Our Services
Medication Utilization and Formulary Management
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Convert medications to preferred formulary agent
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Identify excessive medication use
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Optimize medication use through gradual dose-reduction interventions
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Attend and provide recommendations for Pharmacy & Therapeutic committee meetings to optimize drug utilization and minimize medication cost
Compliance and Quality Assurance
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Ensure medication order compliance through required indication and/or duration of use with Medicaid and Medicare, or other regulatory agencies, includes as-needed, high-risk, psychotropics, and other medication groups
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Federal regulations that include Prospective Drug utilization review, monthly chart review, maintaining medication error rate < 5%, medication administration process
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Pharmacy compliance with medication storage and handling, appropriate labeling, and maintaining perpetual up-to-date inventory
Discharge Counseling
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Phone
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Video
Admission and Discharge Reconciliation
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Review admissions daily to ensure appropriate indicated medication use, identify missing discharge medications from transferring facility
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Identify medication discrepancies in dosing, frequency, or other renal or hepatic parameters to ensure safe medication use
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Reconcile high-risk medications to avoid dispensing errors (anticoagulants, antibiotics, narcotics, insulin)
Continuing Education
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Educate interdisciplinary staff on a multitude of healthcare and medication processes based on facility-identified improvement areas or new medication compliance or education requirements
Auditing and Reports
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Monthly reviews
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Medication monitoring
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Polypharmacy