Advisory Board

1. Explain the existing evidence that supports the clinical benefits of defining and implementing a pharmacist role in the emergency department. 2. Describe a model program for introducing a pharmacist role into the emergency department. 3. Summarize medication-safety related quality measures that are applicable to the emergency medicine environment. 4. Identify barriers and solutions for implementing a program to integrate clinical pharmacists into the emergency department. Overview Evidence for the need Tools for implementation Description of the optimized role Evidence for integration with ED staf