• Scott K Dietrich, Ben T Bushong, Elisabeth A Schneider-Smith, and Mark A Mixon.
• University of Colorado Health - North Region, Department of Pharmacy, United States of America. Electronic address: scott.dietrich@uchealth.org.
• Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Apr 1; 54: 178-183.

IntroductionEmergency Medicine (EM) pharmacists are considered essential healthcare providers in the Emergency Department (ED). Limited data are available representing the types of interventions performed by ED pharmacists, especially in community-based health systems.MethodsRetrospective, multi-centered, observational review of documented EM clinical pharmacist interventions into the electronic medical record (EMR) across five separate EDs between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021. Interventions were separated into three categories: ED Intervention, ED Outpatient Culture Review, and ED Discharge Antimicrobial Review. Interventions with supporting literature related to cost avoidance were also analyzed.ResultsA total of 23,794 interventions were logged by the EM pharmacy team between the three categories. Of those, 9181 were cost avoidance interventions resulting in $5,350,755.63 in total cost avoidance, or $582.81 per intervention.ConclusionEM pharmacists practicing in community settings have a substantial impact on patients as evidenced by the large quantity and variety of interventions logged which also results in significant cost avoidance to the healthcare system.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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