This webinar focuses on a topic raised time and again by Hospital at Home User Group members — how to best structure and integrate pharmacy services into a hospital at home program. Informed by the experience of Mount Sinai and Brigham Health, as well as hospitals and systems across the country, this webinar will address a wide range of practical considerations such as:

Service requirements for the CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver
Why and when to build a standalone pharmacy function versus “buying” one
Best practices for using inpatient pharmacies vs. outside vendors and infusion companies
How to handle patientadministered medications
Managing your pharmacyEHR integration
Treating patients’ chronic medications, as well as prescribing new medications
How to review existing pharmacy policies that may need to be updated

Panelists
Donald Mashni, PharmD
System Director, Specialty Pharmacy
Mount Sinai Health System

Linda DeCherrie, MD
Clinical Director, Mount Sinai Hospitalization at Home
Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

David Levine, MD, MPH, MA
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Brigham Health and Harvard Medical School

Moderator
Bruce Leff, MD
Director, The Center for Transformative Geriatric Research
Professor of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Slides and more resources can be found here: https://www.hahusersgroup.org/event/m...