The Pharmacy Department works in close cooperation with the medical, nursing and all other hospital staff to provide high-quality patient care. Our highly skilled pharmacists have a unique relationship with the resident staff, meeting with them daily on an individual basis to discuss possible enhancements to patient medication regimens.

Our computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system provides drug safety screening by alerting the practitioners when drug allergies, drug interactions, redundance, drug overdoses, etc., are recognized by the computer software.

When a medication is prescribed, the CPOE provides clearly printed orders that print in the pharmacy and patient care areas instantaneously. Delays resulting from the need to manually transport orders and to contact doctors to clarify poorly legible orders are eliminated. This allows medications to reach the patient sooner.

The pharmacy is currently working very closely with the medical staff on many projects to enhance patient drug therapy and patient safety.

Director of Pharmacy

Onisis Stefas, Pharm. D., M.B.A.

Contact

(718) 830-4312