Lisa Kingdon

Dr. Lisa Kingdon, PharmD, BCPS completed her pharmacy degree at Butler University in Indianapolis, IN. She pursued PGY1 and PGY2 internal medicine training at Indiana University Health - Methodist Hospital. Her PGY2 was completed with a focus in teaching in collaboration with Butler University. Out of residency, Dr. Kingdon became an internal medicine clinical pharmacy specialist at Baptist Health in Memphis, TN. During this tenure, she became a certified pain educator and currently chairs the acute pain committee at her network. In moving back to Indianapolis, IN, she continued to pursue her loves of cardiology, internal medicine, and system-level changes, by becoming a clinical pharmacist at Community Heart and Vascular Hospital, then Community Hospital South. As of 2022, she took the position of Pharmacy & Therapeutics Coordinator for the Community Health Network, where she focuses on all medication-related protocols, policies, formulary decisions, and changes that focus on both clinical and financial improvements.

Facility:
Community Health Network (CHNw) is a multiple community hospital system spanning the central Indiana area, across the east side of Indianapolis. As an MD Anderson Partner, CHNw focuses on providing excellent oncology care. Recently, CHNw has focused on expansion in a number of areas, including ambulatory care pharmacy services, a new hospital, and new services such as cellular therapies.

Current Responsibilities:
As the pharmacy and therapeutics coordinator, I help identify, influence, precept, design, orchestrate, and implement over 300 initiatives annually. This includes a number of formulary changes to optimize the formulary system for best patient care, optimal safety, and improve cost margins. I precept our four PGY1 residents, PGY2 residents as needed, and take students through a formulary management rotation, where they are expected to complete at at least one monograph/class review and one medication use evaluation each. In an effort to streamline patient care with minimal red tape, I leverage a significant amount of technology to engage meeting participants and work closely with informatics to ensure successful go live implementations.

Recent Significant Projects:
I conduct a number of projects as part of my role. One that has taken longer than expected is converting our patients from inhaler (DPI, MDI) therapies to nebulized treatments. This initiative started with one of our hospitals' respiratory therapy (RT) groups requesting the change. In an effort to demonstrate improved patient care, minimal impact on RT overall workload, and an improved financial status for our network, I have provided a significant amount of analyzed data. The efforts of relying on data (I love a good excel report!) have convinced other hospitals' RT departments to adopt the change, leading to an overall improved financial picture, and overall positive change for our network.

Advice for Someone New to a Specialty Area:
I would say to start tracking and recording your work today! An emphasis on data, primary literature, and work outcomes can really enhance and prove the significant role that pharmacists play within the health system continuum.

Involvement with ASHP:
I am new to being professionally involved with ASHP. I am part of the Section of Inpatient Care Practitioners, and I am looking forward to being more involved in the near future!

Reason for ASHP involvement:
I was seeking to get more involved professionally, and ASHP felt like a great place to start with this career goal.

Value of ASHP for Peers or Colleagues:
The network that ASHP provides is immeasurable. The forums where practitioners can discuss current issues facing them on a day-to-day basis and receive responses from others is so valuable.

Value of ASHP for the Profession:
ASHP does a great job of making sure pharmacists have a voice nationally, including on Capitol Hill. Pharmacists are uniquely positioned to be instrumental in the future success of healthcare, as drug expenses have overtaken a number of hospital budgets as the largest contributor!